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Originally Posted by simon drabble
interesting to see that as global economies are supposedly turning a corner F1 finally suffers the chill of recession as sponsored drives evaporate.
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One needs to be careful about whom one would include in that catagory, as, for example, the 7 time World Champion Michael Schumacher was a sponsored (pay driver) whilst he was at Ferrari. If I am not mistaken, his salary was paid by Philip Morris (Marlboro cancer sticks, etc.), although Schumacher shouldn't be compared/confused with some of the pay drivers that make up the current F1 grid or even those of his time. He was a tad better than them.