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Williams tries to get a rich Arab bank to sponsor them by using Kimi Räikkönen's name.
Sir Frank Williams' team has tried to lure Qatar National Bank as their main sponsor for a couple years already.
They haven't succeed but now Williams tries once again to get a contract with the biggest bank in Qatar. Williams can bring Kimi's name to the table since the team has already negotiated with Kimi about next season.
Williams could get such a remarkable contract with Qatar National Bank that they could fill Räikkönen's salary demands with that.
Williams already has strong connection to Qatar, which is one of the richest country in the world. Williams has founded their own research- and development-center in Qatar's science- and technology park.
Williams has also taken forward a traffic safety campaign together with Qatar National Bank, a campaign directed to drivers in Quatar.
The team's members have had their educational happenings in schools and universities in Qatar. The team has also built simulators in Qatar for driving instruction.
Janne Aittoniemi
Source: Ilta-Sanomat
Courtesy: Nicole
Kimi Räikkönen, the 2007 F1 champ, made a bigger salary in 2010 than current Ferrari F1 driver Fernando Alonso
It was Alonso that replaced Räikkönen after the 2009 F1 season. Spanish bank Santander (Alonso’s stout backer) agreed to pay Räikkönen’s full yearly salary to make way for Alonso to join Ferrari in a three-year deal.
Santander have yet to see their investment pay off as the 2010 and 2011 seasons have not produced the result they so badly crave. The 2012 season is Santander’s last chance to demonstrate shareholders some sanity in the Ferrari/Alonso move.
When deals like this are made by the largest bank of one of the most in-debt countries in Europe, it is no surprise a pan-European financial bailout is needed for the entire country of Spain. If I was one of the many unemployed in Spain I would be quite disgusted that my bank would spend $26,3m to get rid of a driver in an F1 team. Spain has an official unemployment rate of around 20%, but the official rate is much higher than this, probably close to 30% or 40%.
In 2010 Ferrari (Santander) paid $26,3m to Räikkönen to give the seat to Alonso, plus $22,7m for Alonso’s yearly salary. That’s $49m for a single seat in Ferrari for 2010 – that’s just nuts.
Source: aussiepunter.com
Courtesy: Boudica
Williams tries to get a rich Arab bank to sponsor them by using Kimi Räikkönen's name.
