F1 Fanatic

I’m not really surprised at any. I believe RB drivers get most of their money from the bonus they get if they win. I think it was written on JA or Saward or somewhere.

But from what James Allen reported a while ago (http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/08/how-much-does-an-f1-driver-earn/ ), the numbers for Fernando – Barricello might be correct, but both Webber and Vettel were reported differently.

They were supposed to get about EUR 3.5 M fix retainer, but would be able to earn a lot more from succes on track, making Webber get to as much as 6M and Vettel to 4.2M up to now.

I also saw german media reporting, that Michael Schumacher is getting over 30 million for his 3 years, so that would make a about 10 million/year. JA put Alonso up for about 16M per year from Ferrari, but additional money from Santander might have done the rest of the 30M.

Interesting how big the differences between drivers are (mind how much Lotus is paying their drivers! And how big the differences are between sums reported by different sources.

Here is a list from gpupdate.net (compiled by Business Book GP)

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Estimated Formula 1 driver salaries, as compiled by Business Book GP
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1 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari – €30 million
2 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren – €16 million
= Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari – €16 million
4 Felipe Massa, Ferrari – €14 million
5 Jenson Button, McLaren – €9 million
6 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes – €8 million
= Nico Rosberg, Mercedes – €8 million
8 Robert Kubica, Renault – €7.5 million
9 Rubens Barrichello, Williams – €5.5 million
10 Mark Webber, Red Bull – €4.2 million
11 Jarno Trulli, Lotus – €3 million
12 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull – €2 million
= Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus – €2 million
14 Timo Glock, Virgin – €1 million
15 Nico Hülkenberg, Williams – €700,000
16 Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber – €500,000
= Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber – €500,000
18 Vitaly Petrov, Renault – €400,000
= Sébastien Buemi, Toro Rosso – €400,000
= Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso – €400,000
21 Adrian Sutil, Force India – €200,000
= Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India – €200,000
= Lucas di Grassi, Virgin – €200,000
24 Bruno Senna, Hispania – €150,000

- Karun Chandhok, Hispania – Pay driver
- Sakon Yamamoto, Hispania – Pay driver
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He is being paid 16 Million not to drive in F1. He did still have a contract for this year.