Il_leone
World Champion
When Schumacher joined it was reported he only gets £7m a year from Mercedes and the rest from sponsors
But it later transpired that he actually gets £20m from Mercedes - only Alonso earns more than him on base salary on the grid..yes this was at the time Mercedes said cost cutting because of global recession and sacked a few hundred factory workers in Stuttgart
The rest is made from sponsors and some of them were rival and personal sponsors which Schumacher was allowed to negotiate but Mercedes told Rosberg he was not allowed to have personal sponsors which were rivals to team sponsors
It would have been more embarrassing for Mercedes if Button won the world title in their partner team because they did not think he was worth keeping. Still being trounced by Mclaren does not look clever either
Norbert Haug is under severe pressure to deliver and has to justify as sporting director if Mercedes are really making use of their money with no results
I suspect this goes beyond Norbert...certainly some boardroom directors will be looking over their shoulder if Mercedes continue to be winless
The rumours that they are trying to run the team like a corporate division shows they haven't learnt their lessons from
the ill fated merger with Chrysler and how they messed the engine division for Mclaren when they took over from Ilmor.
I don't know what the big cheeses are thinking in not trusting Ross Brawn and his pedigree to sort things out and interfering with the team affairs
People noticed when it was Brawn the guests at the garage were more friendly and small family atmosphere..when it was taken over its more like a corporate function
the endless blaming on the car has to stop and someone will have to accept hiring Schumacher is a bad idea in the first place
But it later transpired that he actually gets £20m from Mercedes - only Alonso earns more than him on base salary on the grid..yes this was at the time Mercedes said cost cutting because of global recession and sacked a few hundred factory workers in Stuttgart
The rest is made from sponsors and some of them were rival and personal sponsors which Schumacher was allowed to negotiate but Mercedes told Rosberg he was not allowed to have personal sponsors which were rivals to team sponsors
It would have been more embarrassing for Mercedes if Button won the world title in their partner team because they did not think he was worth keeping. Still being trounced by Mclaren does not look clever either
Norbert Haug is under severe pressure to deliver and has to justify as sporting director if Mercedes are really making use of their money with no results
I suspect this goes beyond Norbert...certainly some boardroom directors will be looking over their shoulder if Mercedes continue to be winless
The rumours that they are trying to run the team like a corporate division shows they haven't learnt their lessons from
the ill fated merger with Chrysler and how they messed the engine division for Mclaren when they took over from Ilmor.
I don't know what the big cheeses are thinking in not trusting Ross Brawn and his pedigree to sort things out and interfering with the team affairs
People noticed when it was Brawn the guests at the garage were more friendly and small family atmosphere..when it was taken over its more like a corporate function
the endless blaming on the car has to stop and someone will have to accept hiring Schumacher is a bad idea in the first place
