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Rookie Kvyat hits back at criticism

Daniil Kvyat, the youngest rookie in formula one, has hit back at suggestions formula one drivers lack the hero status of the sport's past stars. Amid the sport's struggle to fill grandstands and boost television ratings in 2014, many have pointed the finger at the drivers for failing to compete in the charisma and courage stakes with greats like Villeneuve, Senna and Mansell. F1 legend Michael Schumacher's manager Willi Weber, for example, this week hit out at the "wimps" that today fill the grand prix grid. 20-year-old Russian rookie Kvyat, however, thinks it is wrong to suggest that today's F1 drivers lack courage. "In my opinion F1 remains one of the sports in which...
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