https://www.planetf1.com/news/lewis-hamilton-20m-far-as-mercedes-will-go/ So a pay cut for next contract LH?? Rumor?
A massive pay cut if these figures are correct. Yet the drivers salaries aren't included in the team's budget.
My heart bleeds for him. It must be awful trying to get by on £20m. a year, even when you don't have to pay any tax.
This was foreseeable. Bottas can be WDC for a fraction of Hamilton's retainer, Alonso should offer to drive for free.
How's that? One bad weekend decides a championship? 'Learn something new every day, that's for sure.....
'Link(s)? I missed that news. I can't see Lewis just "letting" Bottas "have" the championship. Nope. 'Don't buy it. Not for an instant.
If F1 salaries were significantly cut, then there would be more incentive for drivers like Hamilton to move on and make way for new talent. Those who stay on, would be the ones who do it for the winning, not the money. The racing would be none the worse for losing a few "stars". Indeed, we might even get back to how it was before drivers' salaries ballooned - real sportsmen, doing it for the love of their sport.
Though I understand what you're feeling, I think you're neglecting that to make it to F1, there IS an inherent love for that which one does very well. Wanting to make as much $$$ as possible whilst there is not such a "bad" thing. In what profession is the same not true?
It´s not the first time that Bottas beats Hamilton on a single lap. But if Hamilton had not screwed it up (twice) I think he had very good chances of beating Bottas on race pace. Having said that, if Hamilton keeps screwing it up and Bottas grows a pair, maybe he can do a Rosberg.
Hamilton closing on Bottas might of been gearbox issue? We will never know the truth about keeping the Merc off the curbs.
If I was Merc, offer him half of what he gets. Where's he going to go? It's the same as when McLaren brought in Alonso and paid him a ridiculous amount of money. For what? There wasn't a choice then and Lewis doesn't really have one now. He'll tie with the WDC this year, but needs Merc to get the 8th which he'll get next year if he stays given the rules. Ferrari have no chance of making a comeback from where they are today until the new cars debut. This year and next are a total lock for Merc. RedBull will steal a win here or there but that's it.
Hamilton again showing battling your wingman teammate is not the same as all others. Can’t wait to see him melting against Max and having to accept whatever Merc are willing to pay him. Would love him on a 1 year deal to get some of his own medicine against Bottas.
It is not consistency it is tire longevity: Lewis gets more high speed time out of each set of tires than Bottas (or anyone else I can see). Lewis also generally makes fewer mistakes.
