Herbert: 'Sulky' Ralf not worth ?14m - no way!

Three time grand prix winner, Johnny Herbert has hit out at Ralf Schumacher, saying there is no way he is worth ?14 million a year, in fact added the Englishman, it's more like ?5.50!

Speaking to British newspaper, The Sunday Mirror, Herbert implied that one of the only reasons Ralf is in F1 is because of the 'Schumacher' name.

"Ralf had an erratic race in Bahrain but then he's always been like that," said Herbert, referring to the fact that Ralf came home a lacklustre seventh last weekend, after a number of errors, most noticeably his collision with Takuma Sato.

"He's making bad decisions and mistakes in races and off the circuit he seems to be sulking all the time.

"He had a good spell in the middle of last season but when things didn't go his way he went all moody again. This season he's been all over the place."

"There's no way he's worth ?14m a year or anywhere near that," added Johnny, who raced in F1 from 1989-2000, "The way he's driving and behaving I'd say he's worth about ?5.50.

"He's managed to go a long way on the Schumacher name but he's nowhere near as good as Michael. You have to work at it all the time and that's what Michael does.

"Williams have seen it all before and are understandably not falling for it. They probably see no reason to keep Ralf. There are other drivers out there who could do just as good a job for a fraction of the cost."