- KMag gets $5 mill while Hulkenberg gets $2mill?
- Ricciardo gets $6mill and Yuki gets $1mill?
Hulk was out for 3 years, in order to get back he had to take a massive cut from what he had been earning previously. I don't know how KMag managed to wrangle $5mil though after his year out.
The difference between Ricciardo and Tsunoda is understandable. While Ricciardo has had hard times recently, he is the one with past success and is undeniably a very popular and marketable driver. Yuki is still early in his F1 career and Red Bull typically keep their young drivers on a low (in F1 terms) salary. It's only really when they get into the Red Bull team do they start getting paid considerably more.
The ones that I feel aren't well justified is Perez on $14 million which must take out a big chunk of what his sponsors put in. And Bottas on $10 million because for a team like Sauber it's not great bang for your buck when compared to what other teams get for Albon on $3 million, Hulk on $2 mill, and Tsunoda on $1 mill.
Still I'm always a little skeptical about how accurate these reports are. They're probably somewhere in the ball park but not spot on.