Seven-time Components One world champion Michael Schumacher stays the highest-paid driver on this planet, in keeping with sport betting web site Betideas.com.
The German racer had raked in $1.3bn (R24.8bn) earlier than a snowboarding accident in 2013, outpacing the mixed earnings of right this moment’s prime three earners: Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc.
Schumacher has not been seen in public since he suffered a severe mind harm in a snowboarding accident on a household vacation within the French Alps. Schumacher’s household maintains strict privateness about his situation, with entry restricted to these closest to him.
At his peak, Schumacher’s annual wage reached $38m (R724m) per season, whereas a number of the greatest endorsement offers included Mercedes-Benz and Rolex, paid him $10m (R190m) yearly every. Paid partnerships included Nike, Deutsche Vermögensberatung, Schelle, GM, and IWC.
In keeping with Betideas.com, statistics present that Schumacher earned half a billion greater than Hamilton, the second highest paid F1 driver, who has raked in $880m (R16.7bn.) The brand new Ferrari driver would want seven years extra to match Schumacher’s lifetime earnings, whereas Verstappen raked in $217m (R4.1bn) to this point, rating him the seventeenth highest paid athlete on this planet.
Schumacher’s lifetime earnings are additionally twice as excessive as these of Fernando Alonso’s R12.2bn, Kimi Raikkonen’s R4.7bn, Jenson Button’s R2.8bn, Sebastian Vettel’s R2.6bn and Leclerc’s R2.3bn.
