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Sir Tim

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Dec 11, 2009, 7:44:59 AM12/11/09
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In a previous thread Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro wrote:

>The Portuguese Autosport wrote that, although the
>base salary is the same or slightly lower, Jenson Button will earn 100K
>per point instead of 50K. So he doesn't need many points to get ahead.
>
>And in their opinion money is the real reason why Jenson went to McLaren.

Looks like JB has done a nice deal :)

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Bob Dubery

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Dec 11, 2009, 7:52:57 AM12/11/09
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He wasn't tipped off. He had two contracts to read and compare.

Andy Hewitt

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Dec 11, 2009, 8:03:44 AM12/11/09
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Bob Dubery <mega...@gmail.com> wrote:

Also, nothing has been said about the merchandising deal either. Drivers
often earn significantly more from the marketing products than they do
driving.

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Bob Dubery

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Dec 11, 2009, 8:35:29 AM12/11/09
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On Dec 11, 3:03 pm, thewildro...@me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote:

> Also, nothing has been said about the merchandising deal either. Drivers
> often earn significantly more from the marketing products than they do
> driving.

I don't understand how that works, because you'd think they'd be too
busy promoting on behalf of the team's sponsors. I can understand how
they top up their earnings, but not how drivers at Button's or
Hamilton's end of the salary ladder can earn MORE from such deals than
they do from the teams.

Andy Hewitt

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Dec 11, 2009, 8:48:32 AM12/11/09
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Bob Dubery <mega...@gmail.com> wrote:

Easily. As an example, Schumacher was earning triple his driver's salary
with merchandising - some �60m/year extra.

I suspect that Jenson has seen a greater potential for earning money
from the McLaren name than with Brawn/Mercedes.

Sir Tim

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Dec 11, 2009, 12:07:31 PM12/11/09
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Sorry, I meant tipped off that the WMSC were likely to change the
scoring system. The proposed changes would make the total number of
points available 475 rather than 190 under the present system.

Intended lightheartedly - obviously misfired :(


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build

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Dec 11, 2009, 7:03:26 PM12/11/09
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On Dec 12, 12:03 am, thewildro...@me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote:

While Eddie supposedly drove for Ferrari for almost nothing yet
rivaled MS's income, I believe that is almost never the case at
McLaren. Wasn't there a lot of noise about Macca allowing LH to take
on an endorsement outside the team?

beers,
build

Andy Hewitt

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Dec 11, 2009, 7:07:54 PM12/11/09
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build <bui...@gmail.com> wrote:
[..]

>
> While Eddie supposedly drove for Ferrari for almost nothing yet
> rivaled MS's income, I believe that is almost never the case at
> McLaren. Wasn't there a lot of noise about Macca allowing LH to take
> on an endorsement outside the team?

No idea on that, I was only pointing out the possibility.

Bigbird

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Dec 12, 2009, 6:20:32 AM12/12/09
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build wrote:

Eddies career earnings were over $50m so not exactly peanuts, though
they do not compare with what MS earned at Ferrari, so no his earnings
at Ferrari did not rival Mickeys. He did however invest heavily in
property deals and multiplied his worth that way.

I think you may be comparing apples and kiwi.

> Wasn't there a lot of noise about Macca allowing LH to take
> on an endorsement outside the team?
>

No, but it was mentioned. ;)


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Bob Dubery

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Dec 12, 2009, 8:31:01 AM12/12/09
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On Dec 12, 2:03 am, build <bui...@gmail.com> wrote:

> While Eddie supposedly drove for Ferrari for almost nothing yet
> rivaled MS's income, I believe that is almost never the case at
> McLaren. Wasn't there a lot of noise about Macca allowing LH to take
> on an endorsement outside the team?

Dunno. They did make a similar concession for Senna, and that didn't
amuse Prost.

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