Nikita Mazepin and the Worst Pay Drivers In F1 History

By David Castro | May 26, 2021

Haas F1's Russian driver Nikita Mazepin gives a press conference in Monaco, on May 19, 2021, ahead of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix. (Photo by Sebastien Nogier / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN NOGIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

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10 SEP 1995: GIOVANNI LAVAGGI OF ITALY SPINS OFF HIS PACIFIC IN THE FORMULA ONE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX AT MONZA, ITALY. Mandatory Credit: Mike Hewitt/ALLSPORT /

Giovanni Lavaggi (1995-1996)

Red flags will likely be raised anytime a driver makes their F1 debut at 37-years-old. This isn’t ageism, not by any stretch, but the simple reality that F1 is a young man’s game.

For Lavaggi a late start to a career lead to a brief stay in F1. He came from a noble family and recorded seven-starts in F1 and never earned a Drivers’ Championship point but he had a career day at the 1996 Marlboro Hungarian Grand Prix where he finished 10th.

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