Published 17:15 IST, October 30th 2019
Lewis Hamilton: F1 champ's salary revealed by his former teammate
The former Mercedes driver and 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button has spilt beans on the rewards that drivers earn in the motorsport in his new book.
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re is denying fact that Formula 1 drivers earn a staggering amount of money of which details are kept under wraps. former Mercedes driver and 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button have spilt beans on rewards that drivers earn in motorsport.
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Button, in his new book ‘How to be an F1 driver’, has explained how drivers’ salaries work. He has mentioned that some drivers will earn a $1million (£773,000) bonus if y win a race. Just one race.
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He also has said that re is bonus for winning a Drivers’ Championship and It’s Constructors’ Championship that’s worth big bucks.
Lewis Hamilton's salary at Mercedes
Mercedes star has played a crucial role in his team winning Constructors’ Championship for a sixth straight year's. It is widely reported Hamilton also pockets an ermous £40million base salary.
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According to Button, someone like Hamilton is t only highest-paid person in team but also probably highest-paid person in whole of Daimler AG, Mercedes’ parent company.
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Hamilton, a former teammate of Button, is on course to win his sixth Drivers’ Championship at United States Grand Prix this weekend.
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Lewis Hamilton waits for sixth F1 world title after win at Mexico
Lewis Hamilton drove to a near-flawless victory, but t yet a sixth drivers' world championship on Sunday when he claimed his 10th win of season for Mercedes at Mexican Grand Prix. defending five-time title-winner produced measured drive of a champion-elect to claim a well-judged triumph ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton is w just four points away from winning his sixth world championship.
British driver only needs to finish eighth at next week's US GP to move one behind Michael Schumacher's record haul of seven championships, while he is also guaranteed title if Bottas fails to win in Austin.
12:25 IST, October 30th 2019