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Massa distancing himself from 'pay drivers'

November 21st, 2013 .- Felipe Massa has likened F1 pay-drivers to prostitutes. After eight years with Ferrari, the Brazilian will switch to Williams after this weekend's 2013 season finale in his native Sao Paulo. It was thought that Massa, 32, was bringing some Brazilian sponsorship backing to the seat currently occupied by the heavily PDVSA-backed Pastor Maldonado. But Massa insists he will remain a "professional" racing driver in his own right at Williams. "For all that I've gone through, and everything I've achieved, it makes no sense to pay to race," he is quoted by Brazil's Globo. However, Massa said he would help Williams - the once-great F1 team - to find some...
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