That should cover the bills...

[cameraman]

Lewis Hamilton just signed a £130,000,000 three year deal to drive for Mercedes. And he was acting as his own manager while doing it so he doesn't have to pay anyone the percentage...

In case you were wondering £130,000,000 converts to $203,000,000 USD....

[Insomniac]

Lewis Hamilton just signed a £130,000,000 three year deal to drive for Mercedes. And he was acting as his own manager while doing it so he doesn't have to pay anyone the percentage...

In case you were wondering £130,000,000 converts to $203,000,000 USD....

That is WAY more than Nico reportedly got last year.

$75M: http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/nico-rosbergs-new-deal-mercedes-worth-nearly-75-million

[opinionated ow]

Lewis Hamilton just signed a £130,000,000 three year deal to drive for Mercedes. And he was acting as his own manager while doing it so he doesn't have to pay anyone the percentage...

In case you were wondering £130,000,000 converts to $203,000,000 USD....

Should help the bellend to get his race number tattooed behind his other ear too.

[chop456]

And he doesn't have to drive a pile of crap to cash that check, either. Suck it, Fred. :D

[stroker]

he could buy his own CD's and have a #1 hit...

[NismoZ]

Or...he could start up an entire open wheel race series here in the US that I might actually want to attend!:thumbup:

[chop456]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32812577

Hamilton: 3 years @$31M/year base salary and up to $40M/year with performance bonuses.

Not even close to what the press had theorized (guessed/lied) about.

[stroker]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32812577

Hamilton: 3 years @$31M/year base salary and up to $40M/year with performance bonuses.

Not even close to what the press had theorized (guessed/lied) about.

That's only about $85,000 per day. How the hell is he supposed to live on that?

[Insomniac]

During qualifying they kept calling him the $150M man.

[opinionated ow]

That's only about $85,000 per day. How the hell is he supposed to live on that?

He earns in a day close enough to twice what I earn in a year

[Insomniac]

Business Book 2015 Salaries for F1 Drivers:

Alonso $39M
Vettel $30M
Hamilton $28M
Raikkonen $20M
Rosberg $15M
Button $11M
Massa $4.5M
Hulkenberg $4.5M
Perez $4.5M
Grosjean $4.5M
Maldonado $4.5M
Bottas $2.2M
Ricciardo $1.65M
Kvyat $820K
Verstappen $275K
Sainz $275K
Nasr $220K
Ericsson $220K
Stevens <$220K
Merhi <$220K

Source: http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/fernando-alonso-still-highest-paid-formula-one-driver-2015

Button gets paid about $11M too much. :D

[SteveH]

I wonder what Massa's salary would be had he been WDC for more than a few seconds?

[WickerBill]

Business Book 2015 Salaries for F1

Button gets paid about $11M too much. :D

Yes. In the four races the two McLaren drivers have both started, Button has out qualified the most expensive driver 3-1 and has finished higher 3-1. Definitely Jenson who is overpaid, not Fernando.

[Easy]

I wonder what Massa's salary would be had he been WDC for more than a few seconds?

$11,000,000 it would seem. But probably not from Williams. I doubt Sir Frank would (directly) pay anyone that much.

I also think Button took a fairly serious pay cut to stay on for 2015. Not like he had much leverage though.