Post by Wß on Mar 20, 2015 11:25:01 GMT
Came across this today, interesting. Always taken with a grain of salt but this seems very rational, anyone surprised by it? DC???
PaddockTalk - With the 2015 Formula One (F1) Grand Prix season underway, Wealth-X released today a list of the top 10 richest F1 drivers of all time, which includes active and retired race car drivers.
Cruising into first place on the list is seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, who has an estimated net worth of US$780 million. The retired German driver, who last raced for Mercedes in 2012, is currently recovering from a serious brain injury from a skiing accident in the French Alps in 2013.
Schumacher’s wealth represents 43% of the combined net worth of all 10 men on the list, four of whom have retired from the sport.
Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton - who opened the 2015 season with a convincing victory at last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix - came in fifth place on the Wealth-X list with a personal fortune of US$110 million.
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Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished second in last year’s world championship standings as well as in the recent Australian Grand Prix, took 10th place on the Wealth-X list with US$30 million in assets.
The youngest driver on the list is 27-year-old Sebastien Vettel, who has a net worth of US$45 million. The oldest is 60-year-old retired Frenchman Alain Prost, who has amassed a personal fortune of US$70 million.
Below is Wealth-X’s top 10 all-time F1 Driver Rich List:
Rank Name Current team* Net Worth** Status
1 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 780 Retired
2 Fernando Alonso McLaren 220 Active
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 180 Active
4 Eddie Irvine Jaguar 180 Retired
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 110 Active
6 Jenson Button McLaren 100 Active
7 Alan Prost Williams 70 Retired
8 David Coulthard Red Bull 70 Retired
9 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 45 Active
10 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 30 Active
* Latest team for retired drivers
** US$ million
Cruising into first place on the list is seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, who has an estimated net worth of US$780 million. The retired German driver, who last raced for Mercedes in 2012, is currently recovering from a serious brain injury from a skiing accident in the French Alps in 2013.
Schumacher’s wealth represents 43% of the combined net worth of all 10 men on the list, four of whom have retired from the sport.
Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton - who opened the 2015 season with a convincing victory at last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix - came in fifth place on the Wealth-X list with a personal fortune of US$110 million.
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Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who finished second in last year’s world championship standings as well as in the recent Australian Grand Prix, took 10th place on the Wealth-X list with US$30 million in assets.
The youngest driver on the list is 27-year-old Sebastien Vettel, who has a net worth of US$45 million. The oldest is 60-year-old retired Frenchman Alain Prost, who has amassed a personal fortune of US$70 million.
Below is Wealth-X’s top 10 all-time F1 Driver Rich List:
Rank Name Current team* Net Worth** Status
1 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 780 Retired
2 Fernando Alonso McLaren 220 Active
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 180 Active
4 Eddie Irvine Jaguar 180 Retired
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 110 Active
6 Jenson Button McLaren 100 Active
7 Alan Prost Williams 70 Retired
8 David Coulthard Red Bull 70 Retired
9 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 45 Active
10 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 30 Active
* Latest team for retired drivers
** US$ million
