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Juan paid £2m despite breach of contract Juan Pablo Montoya will allegedly receive a £2million pay-off from McLaren despite breaching his contract with the team. According to reports in the Guardian newspaper, there was a clause in Montoya's contract stating that he couldn't sign a deal with another racing team without previously informing the management at McLaren. However, Montoya apparently did just that, signing with the Chip Ganassi Nascar racing team for 2007 and announcing the deal on Sunday. McLaren are not believed to have been pre-informed. But despite the breach of contract, the Daily Mail reports that Montoya can expect a £2million pay-off on his contract for the eight races he will miss this season. Not a bad deal for sitting at home in Miami with his family. Meanwhile, de la Rosa is looking forward to his first race as a McLaren driver in more than a year. "I'm of course extremely thrilled to have this opportunity to race the MP4-21 - a car in which I'm really comfortable," he said. http://www.planet-f1.com/News/Story_...328842,00.html

So Juan just made 3.6 million USD for skipping the final 8 races. Nice chunk of change.