F1: 2011 Formula One Driver Salary List

[squalorosso]

F1 2011 Drivers salary:

1. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 30M€
2. Jenson Button (McLaren) 10M€
3. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 10M€
4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 10M€
5. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 8M€
6. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 8M€
7. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 8M€
8. Mark Webber (Red Bull) 8M€
9. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus) 3M€
10. Jarno Trulli (Lotus) 3M€
11. Rubens Barrichello (Williams) 2,2M€
12. Timo Glock (Virgin) 2M€
13. Nick Heidfeld (Renault) 2M€
14. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) 1M€
15. Adrian Sutil (Force India) 1M€
16. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 500k€
17. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) 400k€
18. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) 400k€
19. Narain Karthikeyan (HRT) 250k€
20. Jérôme d’Ambrosio (Virgin) 200k€
21. Paul di Resta (Force India) 200k€
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT) 200k€
23. Pastor Maldonado (Williams) 200k€
24. Sergio Perez (Sauber) 200k€

http://www.hanzoautobuzz.com/2011/05...r-salary-list/

[Stormsearcher]

Wow.
Lewis and Jenson on the same scale?? Hard to believe.
Finger boy making less than both and equal to no.2 team mate? Also difficult to believe.
Alonso making so much more than any of the above three. Hmmmm....

[Butterfly]

I read somewhere that Red Bull gives their drivers a small base salary and about one million for every race win. That would put Vettel on approx 20m EUR this year. Others give their drivers a fixed salary regardless of performance.

My guess is 30m EUR is Fernando's base salary.

[squalorosso]

I read somewhere that Red Bull gives their drivers a small base salary and about one million for every race win. That would put Vettel on approx 20m EUR this year. Others give their drivers a fixed salary regardless of performance.

My guess is 30m EUR is Fernando's base salary.

yes, it's the base salary, without sponsors and cars ..

[scuderiafan]

after seeing that, 2 things come to mind.

1. Its no wonder Vettel wants all those FLs, and RedBull dont want him to get them! (Stat freak indeed BBC )

2. Why do people mona about footballers earning £200,000 a week, when Alonso is on E580,000 a week by those estimates, and when Hamilton and Button are on the same as the footballers. i guess it is easy to pay 2 guys than about 30 that amount, but most sportsmen earn around these amounts nowadays. i bet LeBron and Federer are near £1million a week.

[FerrariFanBoii]

after seeing that, 2 things come to mind.

1. Its no wonder Vettel wants all those FLs, and RedBull dont want him to get them! (Stat freak indeed BBC )

2. Why do people mona about footballers earning £200,000 a week, when Alonso is on E580,000 a week by those estimates, and when Hamilton and Button are on the same as the footballers. i guess it is easy to pay 2 guys than about 30 that amount, but most sportsmen earn around these amounts nowadays. i bet LeBron and Federer are near £1million a week.

I think the difference between F1 and Football salaries, is that there are less F1 drivers, so with 24 cara on the grid, that's like 2 football teams. They can afford to pay them a higher salary!
Plus F1 drivers put their life's on line when driving a car and the fitness and training must be immense work. So I feel like F1 drivers deserve there money more,
But when we compare with Baseball and the NFL.. Well that's just silly money!

[impactX]

Wow Vettel is getting paid less than Massa lol...

But I think RB has a bonus system based on points.

I thought some of these are paid drivers?

[Jose Lorca]

These driver salary lists are always different. I find it very hard to believe that Narain Karthikeyan is getting paid more than Paul Di Resta.

However, all these driver salary lists show that Alonso is the highest paid driver, though I think his base salary is somewhere between 20-25 million euros per year.

[theforce]

Alonso deserves more for dragging that car across the line

[M.K]

One is clear, Sutil needs Trulli's manager....

[coolrunnings_99]

...and Fonzo needs a salary cut

maybe some of that ever vanishing moneys could be put to use, so we dont have to say that our car cant get temperature in, or out of its four black round bits, ever again

Massa could do with a bit of a working mans wages, aswell

[Hornet]

With the spending limits, Ferrari don't need to cut anyone's pay to be able to afford the entire limit

Ferrari could probably afford twice that limit if they could do so. :xmastongue:

[Ste]

Just reminds me of the Schumacher/Ferrari days where the leading driver was paid a huge sum of money and the other was paid significantly less.

Agree with what was said above about RBR and their performance clause as well, I've heard that before. Not sure if Fastest Laps and poles come into it, but certainly wins do.

[F2008]

If Ferrari is willing to pay that, shouldn't be a problem then.

Alonso/Massa are the highest-paid sportsmen in Spain/Brazil.

[Silent Bob]

I agree with coolrunnings... looking at how much more our drivers are paid, there doesn't seem to be a reason why they are making so much. could probably trim Alonso's salary by ten mil and Massa's by 5 mil. Doubt there are too many teams out there that would pay even that much, if that list is correct.

[Katu]

Ferrari ain't no Williams who is stingy with money

[Ste]

I agree with coolrunnings... looking at how much more our drivers are paid, there doesn't seem to be a reason why they are making so much. could probably trim Alonso's salary by ten mil and Massa's by 5 mil. Doubt there are too many teams out there that would pay even that much, if that list is correct.

I don't really see how it's relevant to anything. The best sportsmen are paid the most money, that's the way it's always been.

[coolrunnings_99]

yup

The best sportsman in this sport being Seb Vettel, and his team that we like to downplay as "that energy drink manufacturer"

With all the red tinted glasses in the world, I cannot fathom paying USD 40mil, for excuses in towing the party line.
Be economically neoliberal or elitistic about it, it does look like money not well spent, judging by our racing performances.

Who knows, maybe our aero, chassis bills are in the same category, when compared to our not se esteeemed yet faster competitors, since we re Ferrari, irreplaceable, the essence of Formula 1, the pinaccle of posh, or just the ones with biggest furcoats at an animal rights gala in Bollywood.

[Butterfly]

Those saying Alonso doesn't deserve his salary are either mentally retarded or trolls. Heck, I would double his salary if I were Ferrari. In fact, I expect the scuderia to do just that at some point.

Oh, and cut the crap with the "Vettel is the best" lines. Webber is rubbish and the RB7 was probably the best F1 car in the history of F1. That's the type of car that wins *all* races from pole-position, yet Vettel only managed 11 wins from 19 races - pathetic.

Have a nice day.

[Ste]

Those saying Alonso doesn't deserve his salary are either mentally retarded or trolls.

the RB7 was probably the best F1 car in the history of F1.

I think you're forgetting the FW14/B!

[Silent Bob]

Those saying Alonso doesn't deserve his salary are either mentally retarded or trolls. Heck, I would double his salary if I were Ferrari. In fact, I expect the scuderia to do just that at some point.

Oh, and cut the crap with the "Vettel is the best" lines. Webber is rubbish and the RB7 was probably the best F1 car in the history of F1. That's the type of car that wins *all* races from pole-position, yet Vettel only managed 11 wins from 19 races - pathetic.

Have a nice day.

I think I have most of my mental capacity still available to me. Why would you need to pay someone double what the next driver gets? Is there a team willing to pay Alonso more than the 10M that Hamilton or Jenson get? I didn't say Alonso isnt worth it, but why overbid for his services when no other team is paying even close to that amount? Would Alonso have turned down 15 M when all other teams have topped out at 10?

[Butterfly]

Because Ferrari is always fair when it comes to money. They pay what a driver is worth, and Alonso will be worth a cool 100m EUR five years from now.

[Silent Bob]

Oh ok. That explains everything then. What was I thinking?

[Butterfly]

Oh ok. That explains everything then. What was I thinking?

Well, you were probably thinking of saying "Forza Ferrari" and wanting to talk about Ferrari's F1 team as your own ("our team does this and that"). Really guys, you're all a bunch of amateurs.

Just imagine what /b/tards would say on this forum. OMG.

[Suzie]

Well, you were probably thinking of saying "Forza Ferrari" and wanting to talk about Ferrari's F1 team as your own ("our team does this and that"). Really guys, you're all a bunch of amateurs.

Just imagine what /b/tards would say on this forum. OMG.

OMG, indeed. 8 posts and you're being vaguely insulting to the members here?
I don't think anyone's bothered about what /b/tards would say to be honest.

[TheProdigalSon]

These numbers are bogus anyway someone just made them up.

[Poltergeistes]

These numbers are bogus anyway someone just made them up.

I agree. I think Fernando's might be closer to the truth, but i highly doubt that Felipe's pay is as big as Lewstar Hamilton and Button. I think this was one of the reasons why Felipes fans in Brazl were not putting him at the same category as Rubens.

1. Felipe doesn't moan
2. Felipe doesn't get paid as well as Rubens did at Ferrari.

I still think Fernando makes way more, cause I think the chunk comes from multiple parties, not just Ferrari.

[Jose Lorca]

I think Vettel's new contract is worth a lot more than 8 million.

[AvantiAlonsoWDC]

I think Alonso deserves the money he's getting, especially when he's fought two years with a car which hasn't been a true candidate for the championship (if it's been a candidate in '10 we all know it's been because of Alonso).
Felipe will deserve more next year when he shows his full driving skills (hopefully always 2nd before Fernando).

About Vettel's salary sounds really unrealistic although it isn't his real "income", but if he has a bad season would he accept to earn that "little" compared to others?