Unresolved

$104+ million loss

Boy, am I getting screwed... 

Here is how this played out. 
Driver A contract is coming up to expire with 3 races left in the season. I go looking for my next generation of driver and immediately find what I want and snatch Driver B up. Driver A is in first place and needs to finish the season with 3 more races. So I renew his contract, which in turns is now his retirement contract. The season ended and go to sell Driver A, which I find out there is only one option. I need to pay off the rest of his contract at $104 million. 47 races left and I can't sell him to anyone... 

Nothing to do but eat the costs, right? 
Maybe get rid of Driver B and start that whole process over again in 2 or 3 seasons, which is a pain in itself to find a worthwhile driver. 

Hey Matt, that is certainly a costly contract. If you buy out his contract and fire him I will add back the amount owed. Just post back here when it's done.

Are we not all affected the same way? 
Is this a bug? 
If and when I happen to cross this road, would I also get my retiring driver's contract bought out by iGP? 

I have quite a bit of autonomy on how I do things, so I'd gladly buy out the contract for anybody who requests it via e-mail at least. That could certainly open its own can of worms if the requests really pile on though — increasing my workload (though I don't really think so). Although, if I created a pinned thread for making this specific request, it'd lend me some backup in convincing one of our devs to prioritize some action on getting a proper resolution on this. I could point and say, "Look how many players are affected by this."

It's not a bug. It is probably more a case of lack of planning on how driver and staff retirements should work.