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McLaren says Mercedes wooed Lowe with ‘exotic salary'
By Editor on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 McLaren suspects its former technical director Paddy Lowe was lured to Mercedes on the promise of a 'telephone number salary'.
'From time to time we have all done it,' managing director Jonathan Neale told reporters this week, after McLaren confirmed it has installed Tim Goss in Lowe's former role, as the 50-year-old begins a period of ‘gardening leave'.
'People are prepared to pay exotic salaries and wait 12 or 18 months, or longer in some cases. That's the state of the market,' he said.
It is strongly rumoured that Lowe is headed to Mercedes, where multiple sources insist he will almost certainly replace team boss Ross Brawn.
'He (Lowe) has...
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