Fellipe Massa bizzare accident in F1 qualifing

[RC45]

Shit happens. These guys sign up for the tour of duty and collect big money - nothing to see here, lets move on

[corvettekid]

Originally Posted by RC45 Shit happens. These guys sign up for the tour of duty and collect big money - nothing to see here, lets move on

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[RC45]

Originally Posted by corvettekid ^ ^ douche bag above

no - reality check.

Shit happens... these guys are PAID specifically for rhe risks involved.

Nithing to see here - mover along - so the guy hit a piece of debris and had an accident in motor racing - BFD... its motor racing and shit happens.

Thats te risk, and they are paid for it.

BTW, it is unhealthy for a grown man to worship another grown man, even if they are a "sports hero" - these guys as all pro-drivers are, are PAID for the risks, they know this and accept the risks.

[HeilSvenska]

Originally Posted by RC45 no - reality check. Shit happens... these guys are PAID specifically for rhe risks involved. its motor racing and shit happens. Thats te risk, and they are paid for it. these guys as all pro-drivers are, are PAID for the risks, they know this and accept the risks.

Truth.

[turpija]

Originally Posted by RC45 ... these guys are PAID specifically for rhe risks involved...

nope, they are specifically paid for skill/talent

[RC45]

Originally Posted by turpija nope, they are specifically paid for skill/talent

Actually they are paid specifically for their marketing cache and potential advertising revenue. They are just whores to the advertising industry

Skill has little to do with pay level. And teams need the ad-revenues to float their budgets.

How many times has a "big name" been signed vs the "talented guy"

[turpija]

Originally Posted by RC45 Actually they are paid specifically for their marketing cache and potential advertising revenue. They are just whores to the advertising industry Skill has little to do with pay level. And teams need the ad-revenues to float their budgets. How many times has a "big name" been signed vs the "talented guy"

you got confused now, skill got them to motorsport as a result of their skill sponsors starts to "support" them and push them to biggest market (f1 for example) step by step and along the road fans starts to follow them and more and more sponsors wants to jump on the wagon and driver get more money as a result, risk is in "job description" but it's not the main thing as you pointed out earlier. And yes skill has something to do with it becouse untalented drivers don't last long and sponsors usually don't find them profitable.

big name drivers are also very short lived in F1, Piquet Jr. for example got in to renault becouse he was "good" in lower ranked formulas but mostly becouse his daddy pulled some connections, guess what, he is pretty terrible, guess what else, his is about to get fired.

@nthfinity
I agree they are overpaid, but every top athlete, driver, ...(or whatever) is, how much money does Tiger Woods get for "just playing golf"?