2014 F1 world champions Mercedes celebrate All 700 staff members at Mercedes' Brackley headquarters will bank a handsome bonus as a reward for securing the Formula 1 constructors' world championship in Russia, British newspapers report. The reports say the bonus is a minimum of 10,000 British pounds, or $16,000, which altogether will cost the German marque over $11 million — not including any higher bonuses due to upper management or the drivers. But Mercedes can afford it, given that the team is expected to take home over $60 million in official Formula 1 prize-money for topping the title charts in 2014. The news about bonuses emerged after bosses Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda spoke to...
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