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Max's manager labels salary cap ‘total idiocy' and ‘illegal'

Max Verstappen's manager Raymond Vermeulen says the idea of a salary cap for the Formula 1 drivers is 'total idiocy'. Not for the first time, Formula 1 is debating the idea of a salary cap for the drivers. Two years ago the sport introduced a budget cap, which this year was reduced to $135 million, although there are a few things that don't fall under that. One of those is the salary that the drivers are paid, although that too may soon find itself capped. Verstappen's manager is not at all impressed with the idea. 'Total idiocy,' Daily Star quotes him as having told De Telegraaf. 'Drivers increase the value of a team, and to then give whoever you buy that value from, the driver, a limit,...
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