Reported salaries of F1 drivers

[blue8]

01. Fernando Alonso $28m
02. Kimi Raikkonen $22m
03. Jenson Button $16m
04. Felipe Massa $12m
05. Nick Heidfeld $11m
06. Rubens Barrichello $9m
07. Mark Webber $7.5m
08. Jarno Trulli $6.5m
09=. Lewis Hamilton $5m
09=. Nico Rosberg $5m
09=. David Coulthard $5m
12. Giancarlo Fisichella $3m
13=. Heikki Kovalainen $2.5m
13=. Takuma Sato $2.5m
15=. Robert Kubica $2m
15=. Sebastien Bourdais $2m
15=. Timo Glock $2m
18=. Anthony Davidson $1.5m
18=. Nelson Piquet $1.5m
18=. Sebastian Vettel $1.5m
21=. Kazuki Nakajima $1m
21=. Adrian Sutil $1m
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/s...1145_13987.hbs (in German only)


I'm not sure whether the figures are accurate but that's what the article says anyway. Button is the third highest-paid driver? I'm also surprised by the McLaren drivers and Kubica's salaries... underpaid!!

[Mattk]

Sato gets $2.5mn? Unexpected.

[torrentjunkie]

jenson gets 16m!!!???, what you should get is the list of endorsement deals lol

[5vz-fe]

No way is Massa worth 12.

[Mattk]

^Well, Raikonnen is getting a whopping $22mn, so it's all in proportion.

[acmarttin]

Originally Posted by 5vz-fe No way is Massa worth 12.

He's certainly more for the money than Button at this point!

[Pokiou]

is michael still the highest paid driver to date ?

[styla21]

Originally Posted by Pokiou is michael still the highest paid driver to date ?

You'd think so - he was on approx $40m??

Ironically, this is about 1/5th of Ferrari's company net profit for 2007.

[yg60m]

I wonder if Alonso's figure is accurate, Renault is not reputated to pay his pilots such amounts. Maybe they took other contracts into account ...