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Huge F1 driver salaries ‘absurd’ says Mosley

F1 teams should have less money to squander on 'absurd' driver salaries. That is the view of former FIA president Max Mosley, speaking to the men's magazine GQ not long after Lewis Hamilton‘s lucrative new deal was signed. It is believed Hamilton's Mercedes deal brings him in line with the dozens of millions also earned by top champions like Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. 'It is absurd,' Mosley said. 'If I was a dictator in the sport, each team would have the same money and you could spend more on the driver or less on the car or vice versa. 'All the driver worries about is what he earns compared with the other guy,' he added. The idea of a ‘dictator' has been gaining...
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