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Originally Posted by steve_r
Would you count Perez as a "pay driver"? He brings massive sponsorship, and yet performed well enough to be picked up by McLaren.
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If we knew the terms then this may illustrate my point, obviously all drivers start out paying but in the hope that as time goes by their ability shows and the paying hopefully becomes secondary to ability. This may be the case with Perez but I fear that many teams in F1 and other top series take the view that drivers will always pay and the more they are seen to be able to do so, the more they will be expected to do so.
I agree that just because a driver pays his way does not mean he has no ability, I just think we may lose some of the best because teams have lost the will to vigorously seek team sponsors.