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Post by unclebob on Oct 31, 2020 8:54:29 GMT
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Post by Hoovie on Oct 31, 2020 9:56:34 GMT
I would say that that is very unlikely to happen and actually could be seen as illegal (there used to be maximum wage policies in Football a long time ago which had to be removed).
What I think might be the case is that there is a team budget cap which will be in place very soon. That was agreed to exclude Driver Salaries however, and I would not be surprised if there was not an actual cap on the drivers pay, but anything paid above a certain amount (like this $30M talked about) has to come out of the team budget.
$30m for a single driver? sure is a hell of a lot of money but I bet Hamilton, Verstappen, Vettel and Alsonso next year will all earn more than that including external sponsorship deals - and none will be the best paid sportsmen by any means.
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Post by clarki on Oct 31, 2020 17:20:20 GMT
Can they not pay them in ways other than just ££money anyway. Shares, etc...
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Post by widge on Nov 1, 2020 8:29:17 GMT
I would say that that is very unlikely to happen and actually could be seen as illegal (there used to be maximum wage policies in Football a long time ago which had to be removed). What I think might be the case is that there is a team budget cap which will be in place very soon. That was agreed to exclude Driver Salaries however, and I would not be surprised if there was not an actual cap on the drivers pay, but anything paid above a certain amount (like this $30M talked about) has to come out of the team budget. $30m for a single driver? sure is a hell of a lot of money but I bet Hamilton, Verstappen, Vettel and Alsonso next year will all earn more than that including external sponsorship deals - and none will be the best paid sportsmen by any means. I think most top professional sports people earn far too much, granted they tend to only be in the sport for a limited time so they need to establish a future, and you can't tell me that a lot of the drivers live in places like Monaco just for the scenery.. $$$ |
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Post by unclebob on Nov 1, 2020 8:56:34 GMT
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Post by philip42h on Nov 1, 2020 9:55:38 GMT
... he probably doesn't realised just how worthless they are likely to be ... again ...  |
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Post by charliefarlie on Nov 1, 2020 14:01:42 GMT
Some of the lower teams only take drivers who take money to the teams. F1 is all about the coin now. Big budgets mean more points equals more money.
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Post by clarki on Nov 1, 2020 16:38:50 GMT
It is just so crap now isn't it. Purely money, no excitement, no competition, nothing.
Don't even bother with the highlights on C4 anymore.
How can those in charge not see they are killing the sport??
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Post by jasehutch on Nov 1, 2020 17:11:08 GMT
I don't know about that clarki , I thought todays race was pretty good..👍it certainly kept me watching.
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Post by charliefarlie on Nov 1, 2020 17:16:38 GMT
It is just so crap now isn't it. Purely money, no excitement, no competition, nothing. Don't even bother with the highlights on C4 anymore. How can those in charge not see they are killing the sport?? Greed is blind..... There are millions of examples of that. Greed has few freinds also. |
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Post by unclebob on Nov 1, 2020 18:58:00 GMT
I don't know about that clarki , I thought todays race was pretty good..👍it certainly kept me watching. Agree very good race, I feel the smaller tracks keep the drivers on their toes, not easy to overtake and short DRS zones 🏁🏁 |
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Post by clarki on Nov 1, 2020 19:37:12 GMT
Fair enough.
Saw merc 1-2 (again), Hamilton wins (again), just thought zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Post by phaeton on Nov 1, 2020 19:42:40 GMT
Some of the lower teams only take drivers who take money to the teams. F1 is all about the coin now. Big budgets mean more points equals more money.
It could be that George Russell ends up without a drive because of this, Latfi has been confirmed because Daddy ploughs loads of money in, yet has never beaten Russell, Perez also brings huge amount of money with him so I can see him ending up there if nothing better comes along. Stroll Jnr is only keeping his seat as Stroll Snr bought the team for him, again Perez has beat him hands down for the last 2-3 years.
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Post by unclebob on Nov 1, 2020 21:41:42 GMT
Fair enough. Saw merc 1-2 (again), Hamilton wins (again), just thought zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz The same could be said for the Ferrari’s years when Schumacher won his 7 world championships ...this is only history repeating itself 🤔🤔 |
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Post by widge on Nov 1, 2020 21:59:19 GMT
Fair enough. Saw merc 1-2 (again), Hamilton wins (again), just thought zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz The same could be said for the Ferrari’s years when Schumacher won his 7 world championships ...this is only history repeating itself 🤔🤔 At least the field is a lot closer than the ferrari years and max/red bull are providing a bit of a challenge, also no team orders, the amount of races Baracello had to let Schumacher through even when it wasn't really necessary for the points. |
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