Geplaatst: do 27 apr 2006 20:23
weet je zeker dat dit niet weer zo een bericht was dat rond 1 april uitkwam.....
De hoofdsponsor van Ferrari wil Michael Schumacher en Kimi Raikkonen volgend jaar samen bij Ferrari hebben rijden. Volgens geruchten is het hoge salaris van beide coureurs een probleem voor Ferrari, Marlboro wil bijspringen om aan de eisen van beide coureurs te kunnen voldoen.
Michael Schumacher verdiend op dit moment jaarlijks bijna 40 miljoen Euro per jaar, de zevenvoudige wereldkampioen wil zeker geen salaris inleveren als hij zijn contract bij Ferrari verlengd. Raikkonen verdiend bij McLaren op dit moment naar verluidt ongeveer 25 miljoen Euro per jaar, mocht de Fin naar Ferrari komen dan wil hij zeker hij een verbeterd salaris.
Marlboro is volgens het blad Autosport bereid 70 Miljoen Dollar uit te trekken om Raikkonen en Schumacher volgend jaar samen bij Ferrari te laten rijden. Dit zou slecht nieuws zijn voor Felipe Massa, de Braziliaan zou dan immers plaats moeten maken voor Raikkonen.
Marlboro is overigens nog een van de weinige tabaksfabrikanten die sponsort in de Formule 1. Er zijn nog maar enkele Grand-Prix waar het maken van tabaksreclame toegestaan is. Marlboro betaald Ferrari jaarlijks nog grote sommen geld om witte vlakken op de auto te mogen hebben, deze witte vlakken worden namelijk geassocieerd met Marlboro.
Bij Mclaren en Renault rijden de rijders onder gelijk voorwaarden. Die hebben geen eerste en tweede rijder maar daar is het de kwaliteit die uiteindelijk uitmaakt wie het hoogst komt of aan het einde van het seizoen voorrang krijgt om het kampioenschap te pakken.hanzjepanzje schreef:Ik kan me niet voorstellen dat je je carriere wilt beeindigen als 2e man binnen het team waar je 5 wereldtitels hebt gehaald. Dat is bijna helemaal het tegenovergestelde van stoppen op je hoogtepunt.
Het zou stilaan ook wel eens tijd worden dat deze eeuwige belofte ècht gaat scoren ... want met al die verliesbeurten die hij al achter zijn naam heeft staan, al ligt dat meestal aan het materiaal wat zijn 'wereldteam' hem ter beschikking stelt, begint ook Kimi langzamerhand een goed plekje te vinden in het lijstje wereldkampioenen-in-spé waarin DC, Heidfeld, Webber en Button al zulke hoge ogen gooien.Al zou het wel enorme stijl van Kimi zijn om het te accepteren voor een jaar en dan keihard een seizoen naar zijn hand te zetten.
McLaren have moved to praise Juan Pablo Montoya's improved attitude towards his job and the team, after a pre-Imola sit-down talk with the Colombian following critical comments made by him after the Australian Grand Prix.
Montoya's outburst in Melbourne, where he hit out at Kimi Raikkonen for being aggressive on the first lap and the team for delaying his final pitstop while they changed his teammate's nose, did not go down well with certain factions of McLaren.
It is understood that some mechanics were far from impressed with his comments and made their feelings known to Montoya when he returned to duty for the team at testing in Barcelona after the race.
However, following intervention from McLaren boss Ron Dennis and a sit-down talk with senior team management about his approach, Montoya duly took their concerns on board and delivered his first podium finish of the season at Imola last weekend.
McLaren's F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh confirmed that there had been discussions before the San Marino Grand Prix weekend about his attitude - and believes that Montoya's criticisms were the result of his frustrations at crashing out of the Australian Grand Prix.
"Yes, there were some talks before this weekend about being a team player," explained Whitmarsh. "And I think Juan actually did a good job here.
"In Australia he was frustrated with the situation and frustrated with himself. We had a bit of frustration as well, and we also had a chassis back at base with the floor ripped out of it. So we were a bit disappointed too.
"I think JPM is a very passionate individual, an enthusiastic individual, and a brilliant driver. But sometimes that passion overflows into saying things that were not the right or smartest thing to do. So everyone knows that about him, but even so some comments aren't helpful and don't do him or anyone else any good.
"He knows that, and he is an intelligent enough individual to recognise that. He went to Imola with a point to prove, that he can play a disciplined team game, which is exactly what he did."
Whitmarsh believes that Montoya made the most of his opportunities throughout the San Marino Grand Prix weekend - especially considering he failed to do a quick lap in Saturday practice when his car suffered a fuel-feed problem on his installation lap. He had to take the spare car for qualifying.
"He was very much on the back foot going out in Q1 with the T-car, having swapped the engine across, and not really having had the miles," said Whitmarsh. "So he went out for the first time properly in Q1 and it was tight to get through Q1 and Q2, but I think he ultimately did a pretty good job in Q3.
"And in the race it was a disciplined approach. When you look at the pit board after one lap and see yourself in seventh place then you have got to be focused and realise also it is not a circuit that you can easily overtake on. You can lose heart and focus if you are not careful, but he did all that was necessary.
"He turned it up when he had to at the odd moment when he did not have a car in front of him to come through for a podium finish."
Whitmarsh's positive comments about Montoya have not been repeated for Raikkonen, who the team believe under-performed in qualifying. The Finn could manage no better than eighth on the grid despite being one of the fastest cars in the low-fuel sessions.
"In qualifying I think Kimi had, if you look at the times he did in Q2 and the times he did in Q3 and put that all together, he could have and should have been on the second row," added Whitmarsh.
"Had he done that, with that strategy, it would have been difficult to beat Alonso, but with the strategy they ran we could have beaten him