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$1 mil per week - is that really possible?
According to F1-live.com Raikkonen will be earning around 1 mil USD per week in 2007, and Alonso will make 35 mil in same year.
I've read the article several times, and it sounds as all that is their wage. Is that possible??? I mean, TGF's 34 $ mil/year was sensation when he came to Ferrari, and compared to this, it's nothing special now. I know these guys make a lot, but top athletes in other sports are making 3 to 5 time less??? |
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But on the other hand, a certain golfer makes F1 drivers look decidedly minimum wage!
I'd be surprised if those figures are entirely funded by the team, that must account for merchandise, sponsors etc... Incredible money for a man with no titles to his name! |
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I guess what I am saying that people's wages are often made up of different sources. So whatever way it gets to you it is all the same in the end. In F1 it is good that your wage may not be perfectly linked to the result of the race, as the example of golf was, because it is a pain if you are driving a slow and/or reliable car! Quote:
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yeah, sorry about that, i did forget to mention that they do get paid to endanger themselves, but they are all passionate about it, and wald certainly race even without the $$$. (that would really demonstrate their passion!) |
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the one thing to note about f1 (or any other race drivers) over competitors in most other sports is that in motor sport competitors are being paid to put their lives on the line each time they race. yes there is an element of danger/chance of injury in all sports, but there are very fre as dangerous as proppelling oneself at speeds around 400km/hr. yes it is a passion for the guys, but they do deserve/need a level of renumberation for the dangers they face
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Tilke dromes have acres of run off, ovals do not. F1 do not reach 400 clicks, IRL Indycars (also known as "Crapwagons" by Champcar supporters) do. $1 m a week does seem VERY excessive, but it's what the markets wants to pay, on the other hand they could have signed Kubica for $200,000 a year back in Jan 2006 and you never know what he could do with a Ferrari... but they have made their choice in a "top" driver, it's their funds after all. |
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I doubt that it's the sallary alone. Add sponsorship/advertising contracts whatever merchandise sales and that sounds very reasonable. Schumacher was making around 80 million, if I'm not mistaking.
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i do remember one fact though. Back when Dekra sponsored his cap they paid around US$4 million a year. But then the Deutches Vermögensberatung (hope the spelling is right) came with a US$6 million a year offer and won that special place on schu's head......imagine that, 6 million a year for wearing a cap. I wouldn't mind using a cap that said "slap me" for half that |
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At these levels, it's a salary not a wage.
I don't think they get it in a brown envelope on Friday afternoon |
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At the going exchange rate $1 million, is around £500000, not as much as they make out, Im sure Beckham gets more than that.
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Amazing isn't it ? Golf, F1, football... etc... gather them all together and you have the PIB from many poor countries. Some stories of these guys tell about a life in poverty before the stardoom.
I don't know about Hakkinen but looks like pretty much the reflection of what the experts in F1 expects from him... |
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I'd heard that figure for Kimi, too. I wonder what his managers' share is? They deserve it for having negotiated that figure, if true.
I believe I'm right in saying that Vodafone picks up the tab for the Ferrari drivers' salaries, so keep making those calls guys! There are hungry mouths to feed. |
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Marlboro pay heftily for the drivers.
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They can't now though! Tobacco sponsorship is banned! Surely Fiat can't afford to pay him that? That could go towards developing about half a dozen new cars! |
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