Lotus deputy boss: "It's not true that modern drivers are robots"

The deputy team principal Lotus Federico Gastaldi wanted to respond to the provocative but ultimately shared statement by many Emerson Fittipaldi according to which modern drivers are like robots in the hands of the teams.

“I understand his point of view, however as a team we don't do anything to stop the kids from saying what they think, on the contrary we give them full freedom – he declared to CrashNet – The fact is that compared to El Rato's time it's a completely different world. different".

“Unfortunately, today even the slightest thing out of the ordinary is criticized and misinterpreted by hundreds of media outlets, so a more intelligent, political approach is preferred – he explained – In practice, the fewer controversial statements are made, the less time is spent on answering questions. that purpose."

Chiara Rainis