Quote Originally Posted by Bagwan View Post
Just read from Saward that Seb's refusal may have been payback for Chuck's lack of tow for Seb at Monza .
Yeah I also read it, and beyond that tit for tat nugget is somethhing I hadn't considered:
At the moment Leclerc is being paid a fraction of Vettel’s salary (it is rumoured to be $2.5 million compared to $45 million)

One must add to this mix the question of money. If Vettel moves on, Ferrari can pay Leclerc 10 times what he is currently earning and pay a second driver $5 million and still save $20 million a year.
That still doesn't account for 2020, as Seb's contract runs through that season. The question is who would buy out Seb's contract? It looks like they are stuck together again next season, or Ferrari will have to eat a large portion of Vettel's contract. And, who are they going to get to be Chuck's number 2? That seems a lot less problematic!