I don't blame him. After the fiasco last year not letting him even look for another seat until December. Good for him, I hope they give him an answer quickly.
As for them perhaps wanting to negotiate his pay raise, I have little sympathy for their troubles. First of all, I don't think Mclaren as a company is in any difficulty. If they are paying the guy on the other side of the garage $40m a year, should they really be trying to save any of the $5m they promised Jenson for him to stay in the option they signed?
I'm a little surprised that with this whole Honda fiasco that they haven't been able to leverage a title sponsorship deal out of them and the money that goes with it. Ron should have been clever enough to write a clause in the contract that if Honda fails to provide a competitive engine, then every sticker on the car lost should be picked up by Honda.
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