If they say 2.000.000, go for the same or higher. I usually start high and go lower, if they say the gap between what they want to pay and my demand is too high.
The more commercials, the faster you build up interest and the faster you can sign the sponsor.
Max missed races doesnt work right now (I think), give them what they want. If it works, you want more missed races, because if you miss too many, sponsors could get out of the deal.
Depends upon what section it is. Some take a day or 2, some take up to a week. Once you get progress on the sponsor, it will tell you how long it will take.
It is also really determined by the interest level as well since you will see no or little progress if you have 1-2 level of interest from the sponsor.
Usually try to get interest between 3-4 before starting negoications but higher the better!!
Personally I would say yes. Get some money in to pay for the staff you have got and slowly work up. Else you could have no income for a while and that is worse.
I would say start at section 3 - put 10 commercials on gaining interest and 10 on negotiating the deal - ask for what they say they want to pay you - as speed is key here once you have sponsors you can look to improve terms in the future. Offer less than they want to speed things up if necessary. - Once all this is done it should say on the right hand side what they think of the deal - if they say anything like 'the differance between the offer and amount is to high' then they wont sign so lower asking amount. Also if term is too long or some other message they wont sign either so make changes. - The only message that doesn't matter is if they are unimpressed with the skills of your commercial manager. - don't worry about this one they will still sign in time. hope this helps