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This is a discussion on F1 Drivers salaries within the Sports forums, part of the Lifestyle category; The 2007 world champion's bumper pay-off from Ferrari amounts to a £13.1 million salary this season, just over half the ...

  1. 20-08-10, 06:43 PM #1
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    The 2007 world champion's bumper pay-off from Ferrari amounts to a £13.1 million salary this season, just over half the £24.6m picked up by the man who replaced him, double champion Fernando Alonso.

    Alonso is fifth in the current World Championship.

    Briton Lewis Hamilton, the champion in 2008, is second and also on £13.1m, according to a report in El Mundo.

    His compatriot and McLaren team-mate Jenson Button will earn £7.4m over the course of the year after jumping ship from Brawn GP, now the Mercedes factory squad, in the winter. He is fifth in the list, behind Ferrari's Felipe Massa (£11.5m) despite his status as reigning world champion.

    Seven-times title winner Michael Schumacher is being paid £6.6m on his return to the top flight, the same as Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.

    Surprisingly championship leader Mark Webber comes in at 10th - his salary is £3.5m - while highly-rated team-mate and title hopeful Sebastian Vettel will only see £1.6m basic for his work this season, an amount which puts him 12th in the 26-man list.

    However both Red Bull drivers are understood to be on substantial bonuses for race victories, of which Webber has recorded four and Vettel two so far this season.

    Behind Ferrari (£49.1m) and McLaren (£20.5m) in the teams' driver spend are Mercedes (£13.1m), Renault (£6.5m), Red Bull and Williams (both £5.1m).

    Hispania Racing offer the lowest salaries by some distance, with just £123,000 outgoing from their accounts for that purpose.

    Bruno Senna, who picks up that £123,000 - other drivers Karun Chandhok and Sakon Yamamoto are not paid - earns roughly 200 times less than Spaniard Alonso.

    The full list:

    Drivers

    1. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) £24.6m

    2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) £13.1m

    3. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) £13.1m

    4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) £11.5m

    5. Jenson Button (McLaren) £7.4m

    6. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP) £6.6m

    7. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes GP) £6.6m

    8. Robert Kubica (Renault) £6.2m

    9. Rubens Barrichello (Williams) £4.5m

    10. Mark Webber (Red Bull) £3.4m

    11. Jarno Trulli (Lotus) £2.5m

    12. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) £1.6m

    13. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus) £1.6m

    14. Timo Glock (Virgin) £820,000

    15. Nico Hülkenberg (Williams) £573,000

    16. Pedro de la Rosa (Sauber) £410,000

    17. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) £410,000

    18. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) £328,000

    19. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) £328,000

    20. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) £328,000

    21. Adrian Sutil (Force India) £164,000

    22. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India) £164,000

    23. Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin) £164,000

    24. Bruno Senna (Hispania) £164,000

    25. Karun Chandhok (Hispania) Nil

    26. Sakon Yamamoto (Hispania) Nil

    Teams

    1. Ferrari £49.1m

    2. McLaren £20.5m

    3. Mercedes GP £13.1m

    4. Renault £6.5m

    5. Red Bull £5.1m

    6. Williams £5.1m

    7. Lotus £4.1m

    8. Virgin £983,000

    9. Sauber £819,000

    10. Toro Rosso £655,000

    11. Force India £328,000

    12. Hispania £123,000
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    phew, took me ages to write this lot in
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    Default Re: F1 Drivers salaries

    Lots of places claim to know the salaries, I'm always sceptical personally. There's also the fact that the figures that are mentioned can be skewed if they're not clear as to whether the figure reported is just the retainer (ie the guaranteed basically salary), or if it includes bonuses, sponsorship money etc as well. They do get paid alot (well, the top guys do), but it's like football, if you want to have the best, you've got to pay for it (the only thing I'd say though is F1 even though you have less races than you have football matches, you spend a helluva lot of time training (and it's got to be seriously intensive training as well, can't just be half an hour here and there, you have to be incredibly fit to drive in F1), also despite the improvements in safety, you're still taking part in a very dangerous sport, and drivers understandably feel they should be paid well for taking that risk.
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    omg is that what they earn geez i'm in the wong line of work lmao
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    think this is without win bonuses and extras .... pole position ....how much is that worth
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