Further reports regarding Ralf


Ralf Schumacher

By Andrew Hooper
April 10 2004

There have been further reports regarding the future of BMW WilliamsF1 driver Ralf Schumacher. A story was run in a German newspaper which has Ralf signing with the Toyota F1 team. This is a claim that the Toyota team was quick to deny.

   
Further reports regarding Ralf
 
In another report regarding the future of BMW WilliamsF1 driver Ralf Schumacher the German TZ newspaper has Ralf leaving the WilliamsF1 team to further his career at Toyota.

Ralf SchumacherThis report puts forward the claim that Ralf will join Toyota on a salary of 15 million euros for the first year, followed by 18 million euros in 2006 and then 20 million euros in 2007. One should bear in mind that the source of this information was not announced.

This report is another in a series of such claims which have had Ralf having links with not only Toyota but also the Renault team. Even Ralf has added the position that he would like to stay at WilliamsF1.

The response from Toyota regarding these claims was quite simple, they have denied the claims that Ralf has signed with the team but they have admitted to having talks with the German.

Andrea Ficarelli from Toyota said: "We totally deny this information. We admit we have had contacts with drivers including Ralf Schumacher but we have not signed him. We're not even close as far as I know. I think this report was just an echo from Bahrain. Nothing has developed since then."
 
 
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