21 Apr 2015

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<b> UNFAIR TREATMENT? </b> Lotus' driver Pastor Maldonado walks in the pit lane with a member of his crew. <em> Image: AP / Andy Wong </em>
<b> UNFAIR TREATMENT? </b> Lotus' driver Pastor Maldonado walks in the pit lane with a member of his crew. <em> Image: AP / Andy Wong </em>

MANAMA, Bahrain - Pastor Maldonado has fended off his growing reputation as a crash-prone Formula 1 driver.

The Telegraph newspaper said a nickname doing the rounds for the Venezuelan is 'Crashtor', while one unflattering website mischievously lists the days and hours since Maldonado's last crash.

"The world is safe for another day," the website hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com read on Tuesday (April 21)

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