En Jos zal er niet bij zijn....
toch echt wel belachelijk...Dat hij en z'n management team nog altijd met zo'n arrogantie onderhandelen...
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A1 Team Netherlands and Jos Verstappen had already agreed on most of the details for the upcoming A1GP season, but yesterday evening Huub Rothengatter, Jan Lammers and Bruce Holmes, A1GP CEO, did not succeed in closing the deal.
The biggest breaking point proved to be a guarantee that was demanded by Huub Rothengatter on behalf of Jos Verstappen. Huub's argument was; "We want to avoid the hassle of last year. Jan Lammers responed with the following question; "Huub, explain to me. Do you mean hassle with the fact that Jos is popular again, has won a race and has close to 1 million dolar in his bank account?. What followed was an evasive answer. Jan then asked; "Huub, what would you rather do, another season like last year's, or don't drive". Huub's answer was very clear; 'don't drive'.
Yes, there was a delay in some of the payments and yes, everything has now been paid. Almost 1 million dollar.
Now the Verstappen side demanded a guarantee from A1 Team Netherlands and /or the A1GP organisation. Bruce Holmes reacted to this by stating that the contract between Verstappen and A1 Team Netherlands should be the quarantee and that A1GP was willing to co-sign or provide the guarantee as an organization. This was not enough though for Huub Rothengatter and even a direct phone call from Bruce Holmes to Jos could not change their minds.
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T zou me niet verbazen moest Rottengather Verstappens kop zot gemaakt op een eventuele deal bij Spyker volgend jaar.