More money?

Brian Lawrence

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Sep 30, 2012, 10:59:59 AM9/30/12

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I found an online source that estimated F1 salaries for the year
from Jun '11 to Jun '12 - only mentioned 3 drivers, not all of them.
It appeared to be based on info. from the Forbes Rich List.

Alonso $32m (Sal/Win $29, Endorse. $3m)
Schumacher $30m ( $17 $10)
Hamilton $28m ( $25 $3)

Hamilton's McLaren 5-year deal was supposed to be worth $138m, which
averages out at $27.6m per year.

His Mercedes deal may be £20m per year over three years (£60m/$96m),
$32m per year.

Most 'Rich List' publications show him as worth £50m (Jenson is at £48m).

Kimi's Ferrari deal was supposed to be worth $51m per year (3 years?).

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build

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Sep 30, 2012, 11:26:49 AM9/30/12

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Where is Eddie Irvine on the rich list? He was never well paid by the team.

WebSlave

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Sep 30, 2012, 11:56:37 AM9/30/12

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Brian Lawrence wrote:

> Kimi's Ferrari deal was supposed to be worth $51m per year
> (3 years?).

Perhaps that's for the last year only, when he supposedly got $17m as
compensation for Ferrari ending contract early? At the time his salary
was usually estimated to be $30-32m per year.

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Brian Lawrence

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Sep 30, 2012, 12:24:49 PM9/30/12

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On 30/09/2012 16:26, build wrote:

> On Monday, October 1, 2012 12:59:54 AM UTC+10, Brian Lawrence wrote:
>> I found an online source that estimated F1 salaries for the year
>>
>> from Jun '11 to Jun '12 - only mentioned 3 drivers, not all of them.
>>
>> It appeared to be based on info. from the Forbes Rich List.

>> Alonso $32m (Sal/Win $29, Endorse. $3m)
>> Schumacher $30m ( $17 $10)
>> Hamilton $28m ( $25 $3)
>>
>> Hamilton's McLaren 5-year deal was supposed to be worth $138m, which
>>
>> averages out at $27.6m per year.
>>
>> His Mercedes deal may be £20m per year over three years (£60m/$96m),
>>
>> $32m per year.
>>
>> Most 'Rich List' publications show him as worth £50m (Jenson is at £48m).
>>
>> Kimi's Ferrari deal was supposed to be worth $51m per year (3 years?).

> Where is Eddie Irvine on the rich list? He was never well paid by the team.

I haven't seen any recent list, but he was listed with a net worth of
£90m last time I saw one.

Pause to check Wikipedia - it says he was worth £160m in 2006, which
put him joint 301st in the UK list.

Most of his money comes from property, he was a millionaire before
reaching F1.

I thought that Johnny Dumfries (Marquess of Bute) was the wealthiest F1
driver, but in 2008 he 'only' had £125m.

Zeppo Marx

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Sep 30, 2012, 2:31:31 PM9/30/12

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On 30.09.12 18:24, Brian Lawrence wrote:

> I haven't seen any recent list, but he was listed with a net worth of
> £90m last time I saw one.
>
> Pause to check Wikipedia - it says he was worth £160m in 2006, which
> put him joint 301st in the UK list.
>
> Most of his money comes from property, he was a millionaire before
> reaching F1.
>
> I thought that Johnny Dumfries (Marquess of Bute) was the wealthiest F1
> driver, but in 2008 he 'only' had £125m.
>

If I remember correctly, a year or two ago I was reading a feature about
Eddie Irvine, which claimed that he did a lot better *after* his F1
career and was a very smart investor, who managed to multiply the money
he earned in F1.
However, I didn't know he was millionaire *before* joining the F1. And
nothing of that kind was mentioned in that feature. He was described as
one of a very few sportsman who managed his after-sports life to be even
better than his active sports-life. At least in terms of money.

SNAFU

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Sep 30, 2012, 4:33:06 PM9/30/12

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Il 30/09/2012 20.31, Zeppo Marx ha scritto:
> If I remember correctly, a year or two ago I was reading a feature about
> Eddie Irvine, which claimed that he did a lot better *after* his F1
> career and was a very smart investor, who managed to multiply the money
> he earned in F1.
> However, I didn't know he was millionaire *before* joining the F1.

Was he a Japanese F3000 star? I assume they were paid fortunes.