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i would imagine too that it depends what kind of sponsors they are bringing as well, as per the usual sponsorship thing. if it's technology or services that the team can benefit from then things will be slightly different. then there's the potential for sponsors to take partial ownership in teams to provide investment as well, so there's a lot of scope for the right driver and commercial situation.
there was a figure going around for the price of a rookie test day with sauber that kimiya sato paid as well. young driver schemes can worth both ways financially too - they're a decent way for teams like caterham to get early dibs on the well-financed drivers for their gp2 setups and to try and keep them sweet for a potential f1 role if their "sponsors" are particularly well-endowed.
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