F1 driver salaries from a decade ago – who was paid the most in a bygone era?

F1 driver salaries from a decade ago – who was paid the most in a bygone era?

 

 

 

Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton were the top earners in the 2013 season – and will head into the F1 2023 season still on colossal salaries.The reported salaries from 2013 provide an intriguing snapshot into how much has changed – and how much has stayed the same…F1 drivers’ salaries from 20131. Fernando Alonso – Ferrari – €20m= Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes- €20m3. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes – €16m4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing – €12m5. Nico Rosberg – Mercedes – €11m6. Mark Webber – Red Bull Racing – €10m7. Felipe Massa – Ferrari – €6m8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus F1 Team – €3m9. Sergio Perez – McLaren-Mercedes – €1.5m10. Romain Grosjean – Lotus F1 Team – €1m= Pastor Maldonado – Williams – €1m= Nico Hulkenberg – Sauber – €1m13. Valtteri Bottas – Williams – €600,00014. Jules Bianchi – Marussia – €500,000= Adrian Sutil – Force India F1 – €500,00016. Paul di Resta – Force India F1 – €400,000= Daniel Ricciardo – Scuderia Toro Rosso – €400,000= Jean-Eric Vergne – Scuderia Toro Rosso – €400,00019. Esteban Gutierrez – Sauber – €200,00020. Charles Pic – Caterham – €150,000= Giedo van der Garde – Caterham – €150,000= Max Chilton – Marussia – €150,000Lewis Hamilton VS Fernando Alonso – THE RIVALRY! | F1 2022Video of Lewis Hamilton VS Fernando Alonso – THE RIVALRY! | F1 2022How much F1 teams spent on their drivers in 20131. Mercedes – €31m2. Ferrari – €26m3. Red Bull Racing – €22m4. McLaren-Mercedes – €17.5m5. Lotus F1 team – €4m6. Williams – €1.6m7. Sauber – €1.2m8. Force India – €900,0009. Scuderia Toro Rosso – €800,00010. Marussia – €650,00011. Caterham – €300,000 Revealed: Hamilton’s £16.5m UK home owned via offshore companyHamilton jumped to the joint-top earner in F1 after joining Mercedes, and penning his first deal with the team that he remains with to this day. He was earning equal money to Ferrari’s Alonso, a two-time champion whose barren spell was getting longer and longer.Jenson Button, the champion from four years earlier, was reaping the benefit of a contract with McLaren as the third-highest earner.Perhaps the big surprise in this list of 2013 salaries is that the sport’s dominant force, Red Bull’s Vettel, is only the fourth-highest earner. He won his fourth consecutive championship this year.Notably Kimi Raikkonen was several years removed from his colossal Ferrari contract.There are five drivers from 2013 still competing – Alonso, Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg, Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas. Vettel retired after last year, and Daniel Ricciardo lost his seat.Related Horner begins mind games with new Ferrari boss – and digs at Mercedes-Williams Was F1 robbed of two Michael Schumacher v Lewis Hamilton title fights? 

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