Red Bull deliberately under-performing?
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MustangGT said:
Sergio provides both income and massive marketing exposure in Latin America, they must be happy with the status quo, or they would have done something to change it.
The team exists solely to promote Red Bull, best achieved by winning the WDC and by courting controversy to keep their name in the news. It is also a good investment with an excellent return. It is primarily a marketing organisation that happens to be in a sporting field.
+1The team exists solely to promote Red Bull, best achieved by winning the WDC and by courting controversy to keep their name in the news. It is also a good investment with an excellent return. It is primarily a marketing organisation that happens to be in a sporting field.
It's a sound business model.
Bo_apex said:
MustangGT said:
Sergio provides both income and massive marketing exposure in Latin America, they must be happy with the status quo, or they would have done something to change it.
The team exists solely to promote Red Bull, best achieved by winning the WDC and by courting controversy to keep their name in the news. It is also a good investment with an excellent return. It is primarily a marketing organisation that happens to be in a sporting field.
+1The team exists solely to promote Red Bull, best achieved by winning the WDC and by courting controversy to keep their name in the news. It is also a good investment with an excellent return. It is primarily a marketing organisation that happens to be in a sporting field.
It's a sound business model.
Extremely pervasive in many other areas too! Which is obviously the point.
StevieBee said:
But the BoP (Balance of Power for those that don't know) is aligned to engine performance not on-track performance. I can't see how deliberately racing poorly would benefit any one team as the restrictions apply whether they come last or first.
How to tell me you dont work in sportscars whithout telling me you dont work in sportscars.Ive never read a more miss informed view
Edited by richhead on Thursday 28th November 22:30
MustangGT said:
As far as staff bonuses go, I have no idea how that is structured and what has been agreed about relative WCC position, it could all depend on Max winning the WDC, who knows?
Even those that do know would soon be shot down on here en masse by armchair reckonings anyway 
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