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Lotus boss says F1 drivers are not robots
Teams and sponsors are not to blame if modern Formula 1 drivers mask their personalities and behave like robots, Lotus deputy principal Federico Gastaldi said on Friday. Brazil's retired world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, who won titles in 1972 and 1974, said this week that drivers were becoming ‘robots' as teams and sponsors sought to prevent them being themselves. 'If you drive for Ferrari, for example, before the press conference you will be told ‘you cannot say this' or ‘you should not say that',' Fittipaldi was quoted in media reports. 'Am I a robot? Or am I a personality? That's what is missing.' Gastaldi, hitting back in a team preview for next week's Hungarian...
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