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Money reason for Glock exit admit Marussia
21 January, 2013 Marussia on Monday admitted the need for money is behind the decision to part with the team's long-time lead driver Timo Glock.
It is believed German Glock, 30, was being paid about EUR 3 million per season.
Reportedly yet to agree a new Concorde Agreement deal with Bernie Ecclestone, and narrowly missing out on the lucrative tenth place in the 2012 constructors' championship, Marussia will almost certainly now replace Glock with a ‘pay driver'.
'The ongoing challenges facing the industry mean that we have had to take steps to secure our long term future,' team boss John Booth said in a media statement.
'Tough economic conditions prevail and the commercial landscape...
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