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[deesele]

I'm having an argument with a mate.
Can someone help us out?

Average, as in, average team.
Range of salaries would help too.
Thanks!

[nish2280]

I would guess somewhere between 60,000 pounds and 90,000 without bonuses and further add ons.

[FRAFPDD]

I would guess somewhere between 60,000 pounds and 90,000 without bonuses and further add ons.

No chance of that, engineers yeah, pitwall bloeks yeah, although i think the pitcrew are also the technicians and engineers arent they? If so then id say the average salary is around 25-40 thousand pounds.

[sennasational]

I would guess somewhere between 60,000 pounds and 90,000 without bonuses and further add ons.

No chance of that, engineers yeah, pitwall bloeks yeah, although i think the pitcrew are also the technicians and engineers arent they? If so then id say the average salary is around 25-40 thousand pounds.

The whole pitcrew is made up of engineers and technicians who all have a major role in the team outside of race weekends. It's a full time gig and the salary will be at least £40k and probably more like £60-80k. Maybe more for the top/richer teams.

[FRAFPDD]

I would guess somewhere between 60,000 pounds and 90,000 without bonuses and further add ons.

No chance of that, engineers yeah, pitwall bloeks yeah, although i think the pitcrew are also the technicians and engineers arent they? If so then id say the average salary is around 25-40 thousand pounds.

The whole pitcrew is made up of engineers and technicians who all have a major role in the team outside of race weekends. It's a full time gig and the salary will be at least £40k and probably more like £60-80k. Maybe more for the top/richer teams.

Nah i think thats way too much, not in terms of what they deserve, but in terms of what it is.

there is no way on earth they are on at least 40 k, they might be famous but it doesnt mean they earn that.

Only the race engineers will be around 60-80, you cant just pay at least 40k to every member of the pitcrew, let alone the others in the garage too.

[geetface9]

I'm kinda thinking that it would take at least 60,000...mainly because they are all highly intelligent guys and that it takes a certain caliber of person to be able to travel that much in a year and be away from their families and what not. But that's just a guess of mine, I couldn't find any solid figures on the internet

[nish2280]

I would guess somewhere between 60,000 pounds and 90,000 without bonuses and further add ons.

No chance of that, engineers yeah, pitwall bloeks yeah, although i think the pitcrew are also the technicians and engineers arent they? If so then id say the average salary is around 25-40 thousand pounds.

The whole pitcrew is made up of engineers and technicians who all have a major role in the team outside of race weekends. It's a full time gig and the salary will be at least £40k and probably more like £60-80k. Maybe more for the top/richer teams.

Nah i think thats way too much, not in terms of what they deserve, but in terms of what it is.

there is no way on earth they are on at least 40 k, they might be famous but it doesnt mean they earn that.

Only the race engineers will be around 60-80, you cant just pay at least 40k to every member of the pitcrew, let alone the others in the garage too.

I would suspect the main engineers earn in the 6/7 digits. Newey earns 10 million $USD. So if you put in that context you can see where i got my figures from.

[sennasational]

I would guess somewhere between 60,000 pounds and 90,000 without bonuses and further add ons.

No chance of that, engineers yeah, pitwall bloeks yeah, although i think the pitcrew are also the technicians and engineers arent they? If so then id say the average salary is around 25-40 thousand pounds.

The whole pitcrew is made up of engineers and technicians who all have a major role in the team outside of race weekends. It's a full time gig and the salary will be at least £40k and probably more like £60-80k. Maybe more for the top/richer teams.

Nah i think thats way too much, not in terms of what they deserve, but in terms of what it is.

there is no way on earth they are on at least 40 k, they might be famous but it doesnt mean they earn that.

Only the race engineers will be around 60-80, you cant just pay at least 40k to every member of the pitcrew, let alone the others in the garage too.

Well, bearing in mind that they are engineers, they will get at least a minimum engineers' salary, which is like 25k. Then remember that these are engineers for McLaren and Ferrari...they should expect at least double the minimum. I stand by my £60-80k (i think Webber's no.1 engineer said he did the rear bolt gun during stops today). It's not just a pit crew and these teams have a lot of money that they are willing to make available to make sure they have the best people possible in every position.

[FRAFPDD]

I would guess somewhere between 60,000 pounds and 90,000 without bonuses and further add ons.

No chance of that, engineers yeah, pitwall bloeks yeah, although i think the pitcrew are also the technicians and engineers arent they? If so then id say the average salary is around 25-40 thousand pounds.

The whole pitcrew is made up of engineers and technicians who all have a major role in the team outside of race weekends. It's a full time gig and the salary will be at least £40k and probably more like £60-80k. Maybe more for the top/richer teams.

Nah i think thats way too much, not in terms of what they deserve, but in terms of what it is.

there is no way on earth they are on at least 40 k, they might be famous but it doesnt mean they earn that.

Only the race engineers will be around 60-80, you cant just pay at least 40k to every member of the pitcrew, let alone the others in the garage too.

Well, bearing in mind that they are engineers, they will get at least a minimum engineers' salary, which is like 25k. Then remember that these are engineers for McLaren and Ferrari...they should expect at least double the minimum. I stand by my £60-80k (i think Webber's no.1 engineer said he did the rear bolt gun during stops today). It's not just a pit crew and these teams have a lot of money that they are willing to make available to make sure they have the best people possible in every position.

It might be, to be honest i really dont know, but i dont know what your idea on the value of money is not knowing whether your rich or poor etc, but 25 k is a lot of money, that is an above average wage, especially for quite a young bunch of people. 40k coming straight from a f2/ gp2 team is a big leap, theyll start around 25 for sure.

[sennasational]

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[bigpat]

I think 40K (in pounds) is about right. This allows for them being away from home. Remember all expenses bar alcohol is paid for when you are away....

Most of the crew are mechanics, not engineers, so 40K is good coin. Thy are all on performance bonuses, which can add up to a fair bit, if you are on a winning team.

As for Webber's crew, I'm pretty sure that member would have been his No.1, or chief mechanic on his car. His engineer spends the race on the pitwall, calling his strategy etc. During the weekend it would be the chief mechanics role to ensure that the correct specs are put on the car, as determined by the race engineer, and communicating back any fault wear, or failures noted on the car when they service it between sessions.

Most people would kill to work on an F1 team. The teams know this, and so the cost of labour isn't that high. The good aero, and chassis engineers can command a lot more coin, because their talent has a direct impact on the speed of the car....

[texasmr2]

Me thinks that ones experience (years of F1/racing experience) could also be a factor in determining their salary?

[bigpat]

To a small extent. By the time you approach an F1 team for a position, it would be expected that you would have experience in the top end of motorsport.

DTM, Sportscars (Le Mans etc) F3, GP2, Formula Nippon, Indy Car etc are where most would make the progression from.

Most single seater categories are well engineered, carbon chassis cars, so the jump isn't huge. F1 cars are designed to be assembled only one way, with no allowance for individual variance. This makes life a lot easier when under the pump.

I remember our F3000's could be put together with wiring and hoses installed to the mechanics preference, which can lead to reliability issues. We also ended up standardizing how the cars were put together.