Today I learned on Nostr: TIL F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen nearly bankrupted the Lotus team by being too good. His ...

TIL F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen nearly bankrupted the Lotus team by being too good. His contract said that he would be awarded €50,000 for every championship point scored. Lotus thought their car would be so uncompetitive that year that it would not be a problem. Kimi went on to score 207 points.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/kimi-raikkonen-almost-bankrupted-lotus
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