The six titles did not turn off the appetite. Lewis Hamilton wants to break Michael Schumacher's records, asking for a touch-up to the 45 million contract a year (including prizes) Mercedes owes him a lot, it was almost infallible in these six years of domination. But these are tough times even for the invincible, the parent company Daimler has presented a heavy cut plan. What will be the effects on F1?
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The negotiations for the renewal of the 34-year-old Englishman (expires at the end of 2020) iThey will start soon, he did not hurry to tell Interlagos also adding that he hopes to continue working with Toto Wolff, architect of the magic cycle. Absent in Brazil the main shareholder team (it has 30% of the shares of the team) officially took a break, but there are those who say that it is reflecting on the future. His name circulated as a possible substitute for Chase Carey, but it seems that Ferrari was politically adept at introducing a ban for team principals to move to top positions in Liberty. In the last few weeks the hypothesis of the withdrawal of the Mercedes (on the board a current was pushing to leave in 2021) had taken a share: from Germany rebounded the interest of Penske, US dealer giant, to take over the team in case of goodbye. Then the new number one, Ola Kllenius, speaking to the financial community has assured that the commitment will continue, even if it has not clarified in what form: if as a builder or only as a motorist. Everything points towards the first solution: Kllenius explained that the team covers itself with expenses thanks to prizes and sponsors, it also makes money. The costs are surprisingly low in relation to the billion a year generated by the return of image. F1 is a good investment. Until you win, of course. The Swedish manager to forget all the money pumped in recent years from Stuttgart to get the Mercedes to the levels of now from the difficult return, with Schumi in 2010.
The era of abundance ended, Daimler announced personnel cuts for over one billion euros and big industrial savings: they must make cash to pay fines for polluting emissions, to face investments in electric cars. And it is very difficult that even indirectly the austerity measures do not end up affecting the activities of the races, perhaps even on the extension of Hamilton. This is also an opportunity for Ferrari to exploit.
November 16, 2019 (modified November 16, 2019 | 16:37)
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