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[santababy]

1. Fernando Alonso - 20 million
2. Lewis Hamilton - 20 million
3. Jenson Button - 16 million
4. Sebastian Vettel - 16 million
5. Nico Rosberg - 11 million
6. Kimi Raikkonen - 10 million
7. Felipe Massa - 4 million
8. Daniel Ricciardo - 2.5 million
9. Sergio Perez - 2 million
10. Romain Grosjean - 1.5 million


Source : www.therichest.com/sports

Edited by santababy, 01 February 2014 - 15:11.

[Zoetrope]

Impressed with Ricciardo contract. Goof for him, thou!

[InSearchOfThe]

Impressed with Ricciardo contract. Goof for him, thou!

What's he ever done? If he's worth 2.5 then Hulks worth 4 million.

Edited by InSearchOfThe, 01 February 2014 - 15:51.

[stairpotato]

I wonder what Jenson's career earnings are now!

[aray]

Perez,Ric get more money than Hulk....

[OSX]

Perez,Ric get more money than Hulk....

Perez is funded by his Mexican sponsors and Ricciardo drives for Red Bull. And Hulk... well, at least he's still in F1. That said I wouldn't trust that salary listing too much.

[sopa]

Grosjean's 1.5M could easily mean 0 in terms of what he will see on the bank account.

 

I find the gap between top 6 drivers and the rest remarkable. Really shows, how we have only a handful well-funded teams and a multi-tier F1 in terms of budgets.

[g1n]

1. Fernando Alonso - 20 million
2. Lewis Hamilton - 20 million
3. Jenson Button - 16 million
4. Sebastian Vettel - 16 million
5. Nico Rosberg - 11 million
6. Kimi Raikkonen - 10 million
7. Felipe Massa - 4 million
8. Daniel Ricciardo - 2.5 million
9. Sergio Perez - 2 million
10. Romain Grosjean - 1.5 million
 

I somehow doubt this. Not at Williams he ain't.

Edited by g1n, 01 February 2014 - 16:13.

[Wander]

How do these sites even get to know this?

[Nonesuch]

1. Fernando Alonso - 20 million

 

So who offered Alonso 19 million? McLaren?

 

It's all a bit ridiculous, but there you go. It's their money and I'm sure the teams think they're getting their money's worth.

 

[SpaMaster]

Some of the drivers are paid based on the points they earn. The salaries are not so straight-forward right now.

[shonguiz]

I think Perez and romain are being paid by their sponsors, not by their team.

[TomNokoe]

I wonder how many of the top guys would truly "drive for free" as many of them always claim, as they obviously have enough money to last a lifetime now.

[SpaMaster]

^ They could drive for free, but they don't need to. Why should they? Why shouldn't the Red Bulls, Ferraris and McLarens pay for their drives? As much as the drivers may feel it, I expect the teams to feel 'we would pay handsomely for a top driver'. You can't separate the two.

[Newbrray]

I wonder how many of the top guys would truly "drive for free" as many of them always claim, as they obviously have enough money to last a lifetime now.

 

I wonder how many of the teams that claim they have racing at their heart and is their life long passion will not collect advertising money from sponsors. There are at least 3 teams that have enough money that could do that

Edited by Newbrray, 01 February 2014 - 18:35.

[DutchQuicksilver]

How did an average driver like Jenson make it happen to have 16 million in salary, was McLaren sleeping when they offered him a deal?

[ArkZ]

those millions are in what euro, dolar, stones, trees? Ok I found it Euro, pretty small values, considering that 2 or 3 years ago some sides said Alonso earned around 40 millions euro.

Edited by ArkZ, 01 February 2014 - 18:49.

[Guizotia]

those millions are in what euro, dolar, stones, trees?

 

Tweets from gushing fans

[chunder27]

How on earth can Tevvel eally be paid less than anyone?

 

I know Newey wins everything for them, but surely a multiple world champ deserves better!

[Nonesuch]

those millions are in what euro, dolar, stones, trees? Ok I found it Euro, pretty small values, considering that 2 or 3 years ago some sides said Alonso earned around 40 millions euro.

 

Maybe it's the deflation the financial geniuses* have been warning about (for a few years now)!

 

On a more serious note, it's not surprising that Alonso earns more per year than his salary. He gets prize money, as well as the income from his own exploits like licensed fan products. Too bad the Cruz de la Victoria can't be copyrighted.

Edited by Nonesuch, 01 February 2014 - 18:58.

[Fastcake]

I normally place little trust in these figures anyway, but when they're coming from some website I've never heard of they're most likely a load of twaddle.

 

What's he ever done? If he's worth 2.5 then Hulks worth 4 million.

 

You know that's not how it works. Team sports pay the cheapest price they can secure you at, your actual results will generally not make much difference, Raikkonen sized holes excepted. And of course, outside of sport your earnings are purely based on marketability, which not many F1 drivers really have.

[P123]

How on earth can Tevvel eally be paid less than anyone?
 
I know Newey wins everything for them, but surely a multiple world champ deserves better!

I worry that on a paltry 16m thingmys he will be unable to afford travel out to OZ for the first race.

[InSearchOfThe]

I normally place little trust in these figures anyway, but when they're coming from some website I've never heard of they're most likely a load of twaddle.

 

 

You know that's not how it works. Team sports pay the cheapest price they can secure you at, your actual results will generally not make much difference, Raikkonen sized holes excepted. And of course, outside of sport your earnings are purely based on marketability, which not many F1 drivers really have.

Point taken.

I knew when Ricciardo signed with RBR he would get a raise. Red Bull in Austraila and all that...

I also thought when Hulkenburg signed at FI it was for a reported $3 million a year. so you're right these lists are rarely accurate.

Damn it, we should know better!

[ForzaGTR]

The best drivers get the best pay packet right...?  

[EthanM]

Silly lists are Silly

 

Vettel is known to be on a steep per point/win/championship deal with a "modest" retainer somewhere in the 10m ballpark so a "2014 Salary" list is just guesswork, unless somebody has a list with the 2014 season results, in which case can I take a peek?

[DanardiF1]

I wonder what Jenson's career earnings are now!

 

I know... he's been on big salaries since the BAR days (excluding the Brawn season where he did take a massive pay cut), and I bet he was relatively well paid at Benetton/Renault too.

[scheivlak]

I know... he's been on big salaries since the BAR days (excluding the Brawn season where he did take a massive pay cut), and I bet he was relatively well paid at Benetton/Renault too.

That said, he had to 'sponsor' Williams for almost $ 20 million to get out that contract in 2005....

[DanardiF1]

That said, he had to 'sponsor' Williams for almost $ 20 million to get out that contract in 2005....

 

He could afford it though... I do remember reading something about Honda helping towards that, or was that just internet conjecture at the time?

[InSearchOfThe]

He could afford it though... I do remember reading something about Honda helping towards that, or was that just internet conjecture at the time?

 

 

I heard the story was the seat was between Jens and Bruno Junqueira. The sponsor wanted a Brit and took Button over Bruno even though he beat JB in a shootout. Ah fate.....

[Tim Murray]

I heard the story was the seat was between Jens and Bruno Junqueira. The sponsor wanted a Brit and took Button over Bruno even though he beat JB in a shootout. Ah fate.....

This happened much earlier (beginning of 2000) when Jenson first came into F1 with Williams.

[charly0418]

Perez is not earning 2 million. I can gurantee this, in fact that's not even close, he makes way less than 2 mill

Edited by charly0418, 02 February 2014 - 07:44.

[motorhead]

I wonder how many of the top guys would truly "drive for free" as many of them always claim, as they obviously have enough money to last a lifetime now.

 

Kimi did it last season

[Jackmancer]

Tbh I don't feel that sorry for Hulkenberg if he only gets paid half a million xD

 

Just wondering; does Alonso still live in Spain? Paying a lot of taxes I suppose.

[Scotracer]

How did an average driver like Jenson make it happen to have 16 million in salary, was McLaren sleeping when they offered him a deal?

He is a world champion and has been runner up more than once?

[WitnessX]

I heard the story was the seat was between Jens and Bruno Junqueira. The sponsor wanted a Brit and took Button over Bruno even though he beat JB in a shootout. Ah fate.....

Lets see what Bruno says:

 

And despite a hopelessly unreliable BMW engine, a comparison could be made after a couple of days of testing. "At the time, they didn't show anybody any laptimes," Junqueira explained. "It wasn't like today, where there are timing screens. So they made sure that they didn't tell me the lap times. Someone told me I was like a tenth quicker than him. But more important than that, I heard that me and Jenson were basically the same, performance-wise, on the long run. The engineer liked me because I had more experience. I was like 24, he was 20. I had a Formula 3000 season under my belt, he just had Formula 3.

At the time Bruno was the test driver for Williams and had previous experience of that car.

 

So  a young driver comes along who has never driven this type of car before and effectively matches the more experienced test driver

 

I'm sure that Williams was happy that he was British, however to imply that just got that drive just because of an alleged  sponsor sounds well off the mark.

Edited by WitnessX, 02 February 2014 - 09:39.

[Force Ten]

I heard the story was the seat was between Jens and Bruno Junqueira. The sponsor wanted a Brit and took Button over Bruno even though he beat JB in a shootout. Ah fate.....

It's good that you can blame everything that you perceive being wrong in the world by somebody being a Brit.

[Anderis]

I somehow doubt this. Not at Williams he ain't.

I remember both Rosberg and Barrichello well paid surprisingly well by Williams, so I think it's possible.

 

Rubens had around 7-8th biggest salary among all F1 drivers during his Williams days, and Rosberg even had 4th biggest salary in 2009 IIRC.

[MetallurgicalHedonist]

Whaa? Button much more than Räikkönen? [similar case: wasn't it a fact that Berger earned the most money / had the best deal in 1993?]

[apexpredator]

How did an average driver like Jenson make it happen to have 16 million in salary, was McLaren sleeping when they offered him a deal?

 

Salary doesn't necessarily reflect driver caliber though. In Jenson's case, of course being a world champion meant he could command a higher salary but I think it's more down to how marketable he is, especially for McLaren's sponsors. Vodafone, Hugo Boss etc. love to have Jenson's face plastered all over their products. 

[Force Ten]

Salary doesn't necessarily reflect driver caliber though.

I agree. I think Alonso is much overvalued.

/sarcasm

[jjcale]

Silly lists are Silly

 

Vettel is known to be on a steep per point/win/championship deal with a "modest" retainer somewhere in the 10m ballpark so a "2014 Salary" list is just guesswork, unless somebody has a list with the 2014 season results, in which case can I take a peek?

 

.... he might want to change that for this year.

[DutchQuicksilver]

He is a world champion and has been runner up more than once?

World champion, oh yes that 2009 season where he was nowhere in the 2nd half of the season, right how could I forget. Runner up more than once? As far as I remember he was only runner up in 2011, his only actual strong season in F1 in the last few years.

[BARHonda006]

And why was he nowhere for the 2nd half of the season in 2009?

[Force Ten]

And why was he nowhere for the 2nd half of the season in 2009?

He is just that ****. Didn't you know?

[Lazy]

World champion, oh yes that 2009 season where he was nowhere in the 2nd half of the season, right how could I forget. Runner up more than once? As far as I remember he was only runner up in 2011, his only actual strong season in F1 in the last few years.

World Champion (in a car that is generally regarded to have been 2nd best to RB for the season overall) and 2nd only to Vettel in amount of wins during the last regulations plus any amount of stats to back that up. You really need to take an obtuse view of his stats to rate him as average, I can only assume that you have some grudge that is colouring your judgement.

[sennafan24]

World champion, oh yes that 2009 season where he was nowhere in the 2nd half of the season, right how could I forget. Runner up more than once? As far as I remember he was only runner up in 2011, his only actual strong season in F1 in the last few years.

That is overly harsh in my opinion, Button was made to look bad by Lewis in 2010 and 2012. Granted, 2012 was a poor season, but 2010 was not that bad. Last year Button had a very impressive year, which people knocked due to how poor his car was, he outpointed the highly touted Perez, and in race trim made mincemeat out of him. The stats show in races finished ahead when both finished, Button won 11-5.

 

I rank Button just outside the top 5 drivers on the grid, maybe 6th or 7th. Hardly average.

Edited by sennafan24, 02 February 2014 - 13:54.

[kosmos]

Source?, not of the list but the salaries.

[P123]

And why was he nowhere for the 2nd half of the season in 2009?

I like how the starting point for kicking JB is always the second half of 2009. "He was nowhere" is the cry. OK, but where then was Rubens, who had the same car? Where then were Vettel and Webber who by then had a better car? It's hardly JB's fault he could take a holiday and still win the championship. In fact it's a bit of a plus for him, so good were his early season performances (should he have won Bahrain or Turkey, or even Spain- all superb races from him).

[P123]

Source?, not of the list but the salaries.

Invented. We've seen lots of lists over the years. None of them match. It's generally make believe. All we can gather is that the best drivers are very well paid.

Edited by P123, 02 February 2014 - 14:18.

[sennafan24]

Invented. We've seen lots of lists over the years. None of them match. It's generally make believe. All we can gather is that the best drivers are very well paid.

I would say the top 6 best paid, are the top 6 best on the current grid. Only Hulk can provide a decent argument against that in my opinion.