Daimler’s management criticizes Schumacher’s return
Although Schumacher’s return was largely welcomed in the Formula 1 community, it seems that the transfer is not as popular within Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler. The current economic climate has led to the departure of Honda, BMW, Bridgestone, and Toyota, and has pushed Renault to sell a large part of its team to the investment […]
Although Schumacher’s return was largely welcomed in the Formula 1 community, it seems that the transfer is not as popular within Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler.
The current economic climate has led to the departure of Honda, BMW, Bridgestone, and Toyota, and has pushed Renault to sell a large part of its team to the investment company Genii Capital.
The Daimler board criticized Schumacher’s arrival, and its leader Uwe Werner stated that the German’s salary was difficult to justify for our employees at a time when many are losing their jobs in factories worldwide. The deal between Schumi and Mercedes is estimated at 7 million euros.
« The staff would have understood better if Mercedes had withdrawn from the expensive world of F1», he stated to the newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau.
The return of Schumacher to the fold of Mercedes also provoked the anger of many Ferrari fans, to the point that the seven-time world champion wrote an open letter of explanation.
