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Le Mans winner says F1 is only for rich
Earl Bamber winner of the fabled 24 hours of Le Mans last year says he is not keen on pushing for an opportunity to race in formula one. Last year, one of Nico Hulkenberg's winning teammates at Le Mans for Porsche was Earl Bamber, a 25-year-old New Zealander who told the Sun newspaper that F1 is lacking 'structure'. 'There are no professionals in there anymore, only people who want to pay money, and the problem is the cars are too focused on engineering,' he said. 'If you are rich you can pay to win. There are only a few seats – Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull, where you make good money – the rest, everyone pays,' Bamber added. He said that for those reasons, he is no longer...
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