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Originally Posted by Simmi
Kind of a leftfield one but E-I reports that Alexandre Premat has signed a deal to compete full-time in Aussie V8 Supercars.
I'm sure he must have had offers for WEC/LM drives. Maybe he didn't want to compete in LMP2 any longer?
http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...ance-9442.html
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Left field indeed! No one saw this coming. With no experience in V8s its a bold move by Garry Rogers to give him a full season drive. Im a bit surprised why Premat would want to race a big heavy V8 compared to a LMP which is more similar to what he has raced in the past. Well good on him anyway, hope he goes well.
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Originally Posted by Speed-King
In V8 Supercars all drivers get paid, and some of them pretty lavishly from what I've heard... so that might have played into that.
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Im guessing most drivers would be on six figures and at least half a dozen at the top would be earning upwards of half a million AUD per year with one or two of those on seven figures (or at least to anyway). Good money to be earnt.