- 24 Apr 11, 13:57#253145
I'm surprised some of the salaries aren't more to be honest.I seem to remember Ayrton being on £1 million a race at one time.If you look how much inflated footballers wages have gone up in that time its unreal

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billindenver wrote:JPM makes $5M for shaking his boobies in a NASCAR contraption? Interesting.....A bit harsh
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billindenver wrote:JPM makes $5M for shaking his boobies in a NASCAR contraption? Interesting.....
What's Burning? wrote:Elsewhere representing motor sport, Kimi Raikkonen appears for Finland with his earnings from the World Rally Championship listed as a whopping $26,333,333.wow no wonder Kimi is "doing what he pleases". Now he's got his own team, so from a bussiness pt of view his exit from f1 seems to be paying off. i guess Kimi doesnt appreciate the bussiness model of F1: Bernie makes money, everyone else spends
myownalias wrote:HRT are paying Karthikeyan $250,000? If they are actually paying him, they might as well get a better up and coming driver from GP2.They pay him that but i would guess he'd bring a far greater amount than that in in sponsorship cash...
scotty wrote:In terms of drivers salaries, £250,000 is near enough minimum wage for us lot.myownalias wrote:HRT are paying Karthikeyan $250,000? If they are actually paying him, they might as well get a better up and coming driver from GP2.They pay him that but i would guess he'd bring a far greater amount than that in in sponsorship cash...

andrew wrote:Well Pic is getting screwed then...scotty wrote:In terms of drivers salaries, £250,000 is near enough minimum wage for us lot.myownalias wrote:HRT are paying Karthikeyan $250,000? If they are actually paying him, they might as well get a better up and coming driver from GP2.They pay him that but i would guess he'd bring a far greater amount than that in in sponsorship cash...
scotty wrote:Bottom line: us poor folks don't have to worry about any of them, ain't that the truth?andrew wrote:Well Pic is getting screwed then...scotty wrote:In terms of drivers salaries, £250,000 is near enough minimum wage for us lot.myownalias wrote:HRT are paying Karthikeyan $250,000? If they are actually paying him, they might as well get a better up and coming driver from GP2.They pay him that but i would guess he'd bring a far greater amount than that in in sponsorship cash...
But this doesn't tell the whole story (these are just figures i saw posted elsewhere anyway) - no doubt there are point/win/title bonuses, plus some drivers get extra income through sponsorship, i believe Hamilton gets quite a lot more from that to the tune of millions a year...
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scotty wrote:I think you'll find Hamilton is currently behind at least Alonso and Schumacher in personal sponsorship deals, its part of the sticking point in resigning a Mclaren contract.andrew wrote:Well Pic is getting screwed then...scotty wrote:In terms of drivers salaries, £250,000 is near enough minimum wage for us lot.myownalias wrote:HRT are paying Karthikeyan $250,000? If they are actually paying him, they might as well get a better up and coming driver from GP2.They pay him that but i would guess he'd bring a far greater amount than that in in sponsorship cash...
But this doesn't tell the whole story (these are just figures i saw posted elsewhere anyway) - no doubt there are point/win/title bonuses, plus some drivers get extra income through sponsorship, i believe Hamilton gets quite a lot more from that to the tune of millions a year...
scotty wrote:OK he's slightly above F1 minimum wage. Di Resta and Pic must be on F1 income support!andrew wrote:Well Pic is getting screwed then...scotty wrote:In terms of drivers salaries, £250,000 is near enough minimum wage for us lot.myownalias wrote:HRT are paying Karthikeyan $250,000? If they are actually paying him, they might as well get a better up and coming driver from GP2.They pay him that but i would guess he'd bring a far greater amount than that in in sponsorship cash...

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