Mike Gascoyne's shock departure from Cologne-based Toyota has been welcomed by the biggest selling newspaper in Germany.
Daily tabloid 'Bild' ran a by-line on Thursday claiming that the Briton's return to the UK will be 'Good for Ralf (Schumacher)' and derided the former technical director as Toyota's 'chief failure'.
Reporting that 43-year-old Gascoyne earned $10.8 million per year, and calling his departure 'long overdue', the article read: ''The road has now been cleared for Ralf's first Toyota win.''
Renault boss Flavio Briatore was quoted as once saying: ''When (Mike) left (the Renault team), we got faster.''
'Bild' said Gascoyne commuted in a private jet to Cologne from his English home. ''(It will be) good for Ralf that Gascoyne is to remain on the island,'' Thursday's article read.
'The Island'
The Cheek of it!
Gascoyne was being paid $10.8 million, he must have been doing something right.