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Nasr worried about Brazil's F1 legacy

Felipe Nasr says he is concerned for Brazil's Formula 1 legacy given the lack of drivers from his homeland on the 2017 grid. Brazil was an F1 powerhouse for decades amid Emerson Fittpaldi, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna's championship successes. But it has not produced an F1 world champion since Senna, and there has not been a Brazilian grand prix winner this decade - with the last Brazilian triumph coming when Rubens Barrichello won the 2009 Italian GP. Felipe Massa's third place at Monza in 2015 is the most recent podium finish for a Brazilian in F1, and the '17 season looked set to be the first without a Brazilian in the field since 1969 before Massa's retirement was postponed following...
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