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He might be the fastest driver of 2011 but Sebastian Vettel is not the person who earns the biggest bucks of the Formula 1 grid.
That's the claim of Germany's Bild-Zeitung daily, reporting that the 24-year-old double World champion-elect will earn the equivalent of R172-million during the 2011 season.
Ahead of Vettel are Fernando Alonso (R269m) and Michael Schumacher (R226m) but Bild says Vettel is catching up, er, fast.
The newspaper said the Red Bull driver earned more with every success, including a R64-million bonus for winning the 2011 championship and a further R21-million if he wins again in 2012.
PODIUM BONUS
Vettel also reportedly gets a R5-million bonus for every victory, which has amounted to R45-million with his nine wins so far in 2011. Even a mere podium step earns the German an extra R2.6-million, according to Bild.
Triple World champion Niki Lauda told Austria's Kleine Zeitung that success had not changed the youngster.
"Unlike some other people," he quipped, "he is a very grounded person - personable, honest and normal."
That's the claim of Germany's Bild-Zeitung daily, reporting that the 24-year-old double World champion-elect will earn the equivalent of R172-million during the 2011 season.
Ahead of Vettel are Fernando Alonso (R269m) and Michael Schumacher (R226m) but Bild says Vettel is catching up, er, fast.
The newspaper said the Red Bull driver earned more with every success, including a R64-million bonus for winning the 2011 championship and a further R21-million if he wins again in 2012.
PODIUM BONUS
Vettel also reportedly gets a R5-million bonus for every victory, which has amounted to R45-million with his nine wins so far in 2011. Even a mere podium step earns the German an extra R2.6-million, according to Bild.
Triple World champion Niki Lauda told Austria's Kleine Zeitung that success had not changed the youngster.
"Unlike some other people," he quipped, "he is a very grounded person - personable, honest and normal."