FlakeySugarButt
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F1 Drivers hit back in Licences row | BBC Sport Online wrote: | Formula One drivers have hit out at the International Automobile Federation (FIA) in a row over the increasing cost of the licence they need to race.
The price rose almost five-fold to 10,000 Euros (£8700) in 2008, and will go up in line with inflation this year.
The Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) says it is unfair and the FIA is using it to fill budgetary gaps.
FIA boss Max Mosley said the claims were "nonsense" but drivers have been advised not to sign the 2009 licences.
"The proposed increases are inherently unfair, both in the way they were introduced and they way they impact on individual drivers," said a statement from the GPDA, which claims the costs were opposed unanimously by the drivers.
But Mosley responded by insisting that drivers were not really in a position to complain because of the salaries they earn. |
They do earn an obscene amount of money that's true, so it's not like they can't afford it. But at the same time if this is being done purely to fill holes in the budget as claimed, why should they have to foot the bill? But then again, if there are gaps in the budget it could prove more detrimental to the sport if they don't cough up!
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Lady Rachel
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They should just get over it and pay. I mean they are loaded. We all have to pay for things at the inflation rate or above in some cases.
Come guys put your hands in your pockets, they're too full already!
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