He may not have won the most recent world championship, but Michael Schumacher is still the highest paid race driver in F1's pitlane.
The 'Sport-Informations-Dienst' (sid) agency has published a list of the sport's top earners, claiming that the 37-year-old Ferrari star takes home $62.4m per year. Up to $17m is personal sponsorship income.
''Michael is worth every cent of our investment in him,'' Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is quoted as saying. In sport, only Tiger Woods ($120m) earns more.
Intriguingly, Michael's younger brother Ralf, 30 (Toyota), is listed as F1's second highest earner, with a $20.4m coffer.
Here is the full list:
- Micheal Schumacher - $62.4m
- Ralph Schmacher - $20.4m
- Kimi Raikkonen - $14.4m
- Juan Pablo Montoya - $13.2
- Rubens Barrichello - $12m
- Jarno Trulli - $9.6m
- Fernando Alonso - $7.2m
- Mark Webber - $7.2m
- David Coulthard - $7.2m
- Jenson Button - $7.2m
- Giancarlo Fisichella - $6m
- Nick Heidfeld - $6m
- Jacques Villeneuve - $3.6m
- Nico Rosberg - $1.8m
- Christian Klien - $1.8m
Yeah, but are they happy??
;D