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Gene Haas: 'Pay driver business model doesn't make sense'
Team owner Gene Haas believes his team is better off steering clear of a 'pay driver' model , at least for now. The Haas F1 Team featured Esteban Gutierrez in its line-up during its maiden F1 season as the Mexican enjoyed lavish sponsorship from his backers. Haas chose not to retain Gutierrez however, and hired Kevin Magnussen to race this year alongside Romain Grosjean. The US outfit could have perhaps accommodated technical partner Ferrari by taking on one of its junior drivers for 2018 as the Scuderia seeks to promote Antonio Giovinazzi and Charles Leclerc. Haas confirmed however both Grosjean and Magnussen for next year, although Gene Haas insisted he wasn't ruling out a return to a...
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