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I think RB due cost cutting will choose Colapinto if he performs in the final few races. Sainz would be a waste of money IMO. $14mn vs Colapintos himself paying $500,000 per race. So RB can make a profit from him and try and recoup the lost cash from Checo. But I'm sure they'll give him $1m just for fun

Bottas = what a waste of $10mn
 
Driver cost does not come from cost cap at all. it sits seperately because otehrwise the brnad would just use outside of F1 sources to pay the drivers. like say LH getting a 1m salary from the F1 team, but getting a 35m salary from the Daimler group or from petronas or whatever. this is just an example and not how it works, we do not know with 100% certainty how it works.
 
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Driver cost does not come from cost cap at all. it sits seperately because otehrwise the brnad would just use outside of F1 sources to pay the drivers. like say LH getting a 1m salary from the F1 team, but getting a 35m salary from the Daimler group or from petronas or whatever. this is just an example and not how it works, we do not know with 100% certainty how it works.
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Drivers and top 3 excluded if it not mistaken. There is some woohaa about workarounds like when newey’s company was paid and thus excluded from the top 3 at RB but there are some guard rails.
 
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Drivers and top 3 excluded if it not mistaken. There is some woohaa about workarounds like when newey’s company was paid and thus excluded from the top 3 at RB but there are some guard rails.
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correct. and how AM got around it was with non monetary things in other portions of the buisness that fall otside of F1.
 
Drivers are tiring of Mohammed’s rules

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F1 news: F1 drivers hit back against FIA treatment in stern open letter warning

The Grand Prix Drivers' Association has hit back against the FIA over recent punishments for swearing, stating "our members are adults."
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F1 drivers call out FIA treatment in firm open letter issued by the GPDA​


The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association has released an open letter to push back against the FIA and its stance on swearing, following punishments for both Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc.

Verstappen was ordered to carry out “some work of public interest” after swearing in an FIA press conference at the Singapore Grand Prix, while Ferrari driver Leclerc was handed a €10,000 fine (half of which suspended) for using a swear word during a press conference at Interlagos at the weekend.

On behalf of “the directors and chairman of the GPDA on behalf of the grand prix drivers”, the letter said: “As is the case with every sport, competitors must abide by the referee’s decision, whether they agree with it or not. That is how sport works. The drivers (our members), are no different, and fully understand that.

“With regards to swearing, there is a difference between swearing intended to insult others and more casual swearing, such as you might use to describe bad weather, or indeed an inanimate object such as an F1 car, or a driving situation.

“We urge the FIA president to consider his own tone and language when talking to our member drivers, or indeed about them, whether in a public forum or otherwise.

“Further, our members are adults. They do not need to be given instructions by the media about matters as trivial as the wearing of jewellery or underpants.”

The letter added: “The GPDA has, on countless occasions, expressed its view that driver monetary fines are not appropriate for our sport.

“For the past three years, we have called upon the FIA president to share the details and strategy regarding how the FIA’s financial fines are allocated and where the funds are spent.

“We have also relayed our concerns about the negative image financial fines bring to the sport. We once again request the FIA president provides financial transparency and direct, open dialogue with us.

“All stakeholders (FIA, F1, the teams and the GPDA) should jointly determine how and whether the money is spent for the benefit of the sport.”
 
^^Let's see if they can actually get it over the line this time.
 
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