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Mosley slates 'absurd' salaries

Days after Lewis Hamilton signed a new £100m contract, Max Mosley has hit out the 'absurd' salaries that drivers earn. The former FIA President, who often pushed Formula 1 to introduce a budget cap in order to curb ever-rising costs, still believes that is the answer to the sport's troubles. According to him, there should be a cap of just $100 million (£65m) and that drivers' salaries should be included in that amount. 'It is absurd,' he said in an interview with GQ magazine.  'If I was a dictator in the sport, each team would have the same money and you could spend more on the driver or less on the car or vice versa. 'All the driver worries about is what he earns...
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