It was lucky that Lauda was already established by then. Losing Romerquelle may not have much affected his career, but it was surely a blow to his market value. Bertrand Gachot was driving alongside Andrea de Cesaris in Eddie Jordan's new outfit. He bought his drive with personal sponsorship. He had an altercation with a London taxi driver and was arrested. His sponsors dropped him like a lead balloon and Schumacher was in the car for the next GP at Spa, being immediately snatched by Briatore for Benetton.
I think it's a very relevant topic. F1 runs on money even more so than the Olympics. People don't want to talk about it ? Then dont. This aint rokit sience. Put him on ignore. Makes Fchat sooo much more enjoyable. Try it !
I'm surprised that no one has drawn the obvious link between the OPs original post and it's wishful application to a certain Mr Hamilton...