How is he worth it? What has he done to justify his salary (which is reportedly higher than Alonso's and only second to Kimi's) in comparison with this team-mate who is being paid considerably less?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
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How is he worth it? What has he done to justify his salary (which is reportedly higher than Alonso's and only second to Kimi's) in comparison with this team-mate who is being paid considerably less?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
He is Michaels brother, for Gods sake!!! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
Which probably makes Willi Weber the most talented person in the pitlane :crazy:
I'm sure Willi sold Toyota a Schumacher, but conveniently forgot to tell them which one :crazy: :p
Having a Schumacher to do all the PR work for you and so on from the most populated, and I would say biggest automotive consumer too, European country is worth every penny, rest assured. You might also want to name those other F1 drivers that would do a better job with racing AND developing their F1 car.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
Taking everything into account only MS would have been a better fit for Toyota's needs, but we all know he wasn't available to anyone but Ferrari.
I really fail to see some people's problem with Ralf's salary. Are you people jealous or what?
Well I would say that the name made a difference, the expression 'you're paying for the name' seems to apply here. Toyota's performance has been poor and the drivers erratic, other than the name I think there are a few drivers that could of cost them less and given them better value for money.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
There was only Heidfeld as other German driver available and his name is not Schumacher, and even if I rate him highly he isn't faster than Ralf.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian McC
As a driver Ralf is worth 10 millions a season, the rest is for the publicity
No. It's just that, like Ian, I think there are drivers that could of cost them a lot less and give Toyota far better value for money. Olivier Panis would have been one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
As Nigel Roebuck as said:Quote:
Weber negotiated a massive contract with Toyota, and to this day no one outside the Japanese company can fathom that, for other teams were hardly clamouring for Ralf's services at the time...if he's in anything less than the best car, only freak circumstances would net him a seventh victory.
Ralf has proved to be singularly poor value, having so far scored 65 points for Toyota, compared with the 58 of Jarno Trulli, whose retainer is not on the same planet. As well as that, you'd have to say that overall Trulli has been far the more competitive of the two: six years into its F1 programme, Toyota have still to win a race, but the team's best results - a pair of second places - were both scored by Jarno.
Ralf is most certainly not Michael and his PR value is limited, but whatever value there is seems to be what WW somehow sold to Toyota. Regardless of how may Toyotas Ralf can sell, it's his on-track performances that are in question, and they haven't impressed, apart from the odd occasion.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I say he's been the best point scorer for Toyota so far, can you prove otherwise?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
So Ralf has scored 7 points more than Jarno, so that's about 1.4 million dollars a point I think.