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Actually, he's quite a big sh..... person, isn't he?
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7 Dec 2013, 14:30 (Ref:3341229) | #77 | |
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It would be a brave man that would take him or his cohorts on in or out of a car. As has been said earlier, there seems to be nobody in F1 capable of 'reigning him in'... and that's for good reason !
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'Astute'. Hmmm.
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Long time, no post.
I suppose everyone is still fuming that someone arrogant, reckless and with better-than-average speed with stacks of cash has been chosen over a nice, quiet driver who has more outright pace than almost the entire of the motorsports community... |
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14 Dec 2013, 17:43 (Ref:3344050) | #81 | |
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Anyone reckon the cost-cutting in 2015 will consign Maldonado to the back of the grid?
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I was rather hoping for the back of the car park, but whatever.......
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If the budgets were capped at £50m and you have a driver who could bring half that, you only need to spend £25m. As long as he has that kind of money he'll be around. |
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All of the top teams can afford £50 mill, so he's looking at midfield teams at best.
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50M budget cap is totally unrealistic. The customer engines alone cost in the neighborhood of at least 20M and the top teams can easily spend in the neighborhood of 30M on driver and top staff salaries. Last time I heard about caps, the proposal was 40M _not_ including the engine costs and driver salary, and the teams still rejected this. Realistically, with the influence welded by the top teams, it will never be approved. But still, a team like Sauber or Lotus would still need to raise at least 70-80M for a campaign even under cost caps. At the same time this won't have any effect on the team like Ferrari or Red Bull. I can imagine the Red Bull income statement:
Engines from company X: $10K Carbon fiber parts from company Y: $5 a piece Investment in new wind tunnel and simulator facility: $100M (but only 4% of its total cost will count as "expense" due to depreciation for budget accounting purposes). A supercumputer grid from company Y: free (donation from a sponsor) I am sure accountants will find a way to shuffle things to work around the caps. |
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As I thought - no.
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Given the global decline in interest in single seater racing and the growing interest in supercar based 'stuff' i.e. gaming, Top Gear, Fast/Furious movies etc... I'm just wondering whether some form of GT-centric series based around these cars would be a better platform for us to see the world's best drivers slug it out each weekend. It would be far cheaper, drivers could share cars, customer teams could vie works teams etc..., there would be a secondary market for road cars etc... ... just a thought. |
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Had Lotus paid Kimi during this season then Hulkenberg would have ended up at Ferrari in 2014, he was plain unlucky.
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