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Eight worst F1 pay drivers of all-time as Nicholas Latifi is finally dropped by Williams

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Formula 1, it has been announced that Nicholas Latifi will be dropped by Williams at the end of this season. The decision will also certainly lead to the end of the Canadian’s F1 career after three fruitless and incident-strewn years, which have seen him collect just seven points, and none so far this year.

Latifi’s place in the sport’s top tier is owed in no small part to the wealth of his billionaire father Michael, whose Sofina Foods company has been a major Williams sponsor.

Given the colossal sums required to compete in motorsport, let alone F1, pay drivers have been around for as long as cars have been racing each other. READ MORE: 10 Formula 1 drivers you completely forgot about - and what they are up to now There have been good ones, average ones and downright embarrassing ones. Daily Star Sport rounds up eight of the worst pay drivers in F1 history.

Let’s kick off with the man of the moment, Nicholas Latifi. The Canadian had a reasonable junior career and was runner-up to Nyck de Vries in the 2019 Formula 2 championship, so his graduation to F1 wasn’t a complete injustice.However, it’s a measure of his lack of pace that he is best known for being ironically known as ‘Goatifi’ by fans and for the crash which triggered the infamous safety period during last year’s title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.A teammate is the truest barometer of a driver’s speed, and Latifi has been comprehensively outpaced by all of his in F1.

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