Poll: Bahrain Grand Prix 2020, Sakhir - Race 15/17

[CaptainRAVE]

Bottas really does get worse as the season goes on.

Hamilton meanwhile is absolutely on it.

Wow, what a lap. Destroys them.

 

[Flibster]

No one is even close...

Triple purples for Hamilton

 

[Stu999]

Decent job from Albon after yesterday’s shenanigans.

 

[muon]

We really need Ferrari to be competitive. I think it's been good seeing them suffer long enough.

Or maybe Mclaren.

 

[cainer]

Did Bottas just park his front wing on the kerb trying to get to the #2 spot? looks like he did and bent it upwards

 

[Mr Jack]

Decent job from Albon after yesterday’s shenanigans.

0.6s behind Max. It's only Red Bull's advantage over the rest that kept it to a place behind.

 

[Stu999]

We really need Ferrari to be competitive. I think it's been good seeing them suffer long enough.

Or maybe Mclaren.

The Sky team had a quick chat with Mattia Binotto during FP3 and he was sounding positive about next year’s all new engine so hopefully that turns out to be true and we get 3/4 teams at least challenging at the front.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Hard to see ferrari making up over a second.

 

[KiNgPiN83]

Hard to see ferrari making up over a second.

Hopefully their target is next years Mercedes and not this years..

 

[cainer]

Not the brightest lad on the grid...

 

[Mr Jack]

Not the brightest lad on the grid...

He's probably used to Toto pronouncing it properly.

 

[englishpremier]

Salary cap is neither here nor there. The top drivers earn more than their salary in sponsorship and advertising, and the lesser drivers won't be earning near the $10m limit anyway.

 

[rubberduck]

Or, for that matter, about as Thai as Max Verstappen is Dutch.

Or Hamilton is British???

 

[alx]

Salary cap is neither here nor there. The top drivers earn more than their salary in sponsorship and advertising, and the lesser drivers won't be earning near the $10m limit anyway.

Do they? I thought Hamilton's endorsements are worth aporox $12 million a year which is less than his salary, although the money you make from them really depends how much time you want to spend doing marketing, advertising etc.

 

[Mr Jack]

Or Hamilton is British???

No, Hamilton was born and raised in Britain like Albon. Max was born and raised in Belgium.

 

[Mr Jack]

Do they? I thought Hamilton's endorsements are worth aporox $12 million a year which is less than his salary

Indeed. But I'd assume if you stopped paying him what he was worth he'd be demanding a cut of anything he appears in. I'm not sure that's better.

 

[englishpremier]

Do they? I thought Hamilton's endorsements are worth aporox $12 million a year which is less than his salary, although the money you make from them really depends how much time you want to spend doing marketing, advertising etc.

I think you are right. I'm pretty sure back in the day drivers used to earn a lot more in sponsorship than they do today.

 

[Mr Jack]

I think you are right. I'm pretty sure back in the day drivers used to earn a lot more in sponsorship than they do today.

Not really. Big money celebrity sponsorships are a more recent thing.

 

[muon]

Do they? I thought Hamilton's endorsements are worth aporox $12 million a year which is less than his salary, although the money you make from them really depends how much time you want to spend doing marketing, advertising etc.

A lot of Hamilton's salary is being a Mercedes Brand Ambassador which is really unrelated to F1 although included in his F1 contract. Hamilton will be earning a lot of sponsorship money long after he as left F1.

If his salary is capped, only the driving for Mercedes in F1 part should be capped.

What he does outside of F1 is his own business unless Mercedes want to pay him to get that time. The FIA have no control over that part.

Here's an example

https://media.daimler.com/marsMedia...ia-Keys-and-Lewis-Hamilton.xhtml?oid=47205884

Are we saying the FIA have any business controlling how much Hamilton gets paid for this whilst Alicia Keys can be paid anything.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

It’s going to be a snore fest tomorrow