Aside from the entrepreneurs, what profession pays the most in the world?
Actor, CEO, heavyweight boxer, football player?
Of course, these professions, if you do the top, the income is really high. However, there is another profession where the pay is horrifying. That's the F1 driver.
Recently, Forbes announced the annual salaries of the top 10 F1 drivers in 2023, let's see how high the salaries of F1 drivers are, right?
The first place is 70 million US dollars, which is about nine times that of the tenth place, and the income gap is really large
The first place must be Verstappen, with an annual income of $70 million.
Born in 1997, Verstappen is a Dutch racing driver who won the F1 World Championship three years in a row in 2021, 2022 and 2023. As of December 2023, Verstappen has won 38 F1 races.
At the age of 18 years and 228 days, Verstappen won his first appearance for Red Bull and became the youngest Grand Prix winner.
In this way, it is no wonder that the young genius can earn 70 million US dollars a year.
Second place: Hamilton, $55 million!
Hamilton is a seven-time Formula 1 Drivers' World Champion, tied with Schumacher for first place. In addition, he has won 103 F1 races. On 31 December 2020, Hamilton was knighted by the Queen of England and is regarded by the press and fans as one of the greatest drivers in F1 history.
Ferrari has officially announced that he will join the Ferrari team next year with an annual salary of about $87 million, and if Verstappen does not get a salary increase, Hamilton will be the highest-paid driver in 25 years.
3rd place: Alonso, $31 million!
Alonso is a Spanish F1 driver who won the F1 World Championship twice, in 2005 and 2006, and became the youngest world champion in F1 history in 2005 at the age of 24 years and 59 days. In addition, Alonso has won 32 F1 races.
Income of 4~10 F1 drivers
Compared with the top three, the income gap between the 4~10 is not very large, but the income gap between them and the top three is too big, especially the gap with the first place, like a moat!
The income of the first place is almost nine times that of the 10th place.
It seems that the same racing drivers, with different talents and different results, naturally have a big difference in income!
However, it should be noted here that the income published by the Forbes list is only their salary in F1, that is, the basic salary plus points bonus!
It does not include other commercial endorsements, you must know that every F1 driver has a huge influence. Especially for the top ones, the business income may be one or two times the salary.
If you include the commercial income of these F-racers, Verstappen and Hamilton should not earn less than $150 million a year.
Why can F1 drivers be paid so much?
Compared to the income of football, basketball, and tennis superstars, the income of F1 drivers can be said to be more than that. Why can their jobs be so high?
The first is scarcity, because compared to other professions, F1 drivers are really too scarce. You must know that there are more than 7 billion people in the world, and there are currently only 20 racing drivers who can participate in the main race of F1!
In addition, there are many similarities between the training program of F1 drivers and that of astronauts, and even some of the training programs are based on the training requirements of astronauts.
In addition to super talent, the energy, financial and material resources spent to cultivate an F1 driver are unimaginable to us ordinary people.
If you have a very strong talent and a very solid family background, you start to drive a go-kart from the age of about seven, and then to F2, and finally successfully enter the F1 race, this set of training system, the cost of training an F1 driver will not be less than 50 million yuan, or even more!
Super talent, huge expenses, difficult training programs, it's hard for them to have such a high salary. #头条创作挑战赛#