Formula 1 Salaries vs. Points Won: Which Driver Provided the Best Value in 2015?

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Published: December 13, 2015

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In Forbes' ranking of the world's highest paid athletes, four Formula One drivers appear in the top 32. World champions Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen all command salaries in line with the best athletes in other sports—probably not a surprise, given the biggest teams have budgets of several hundred million dollars.

But despite the exclusivity of F1—only 21 different drivers started grands prix in 2015—there is a huge gap between the highest- and lowest-paid drivers. According to Business Book GP's salary estimates, published in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo (h/t Crash.net), Manor's Roberto Merhi made just €50,000 this year. He also had to share his car with American rookie Alexander Rossi for five races, per ESPN's Laurence Edmonson.

Last week, we ranked the teams based on the value they got for their 2015 budgets. Now it is time to do the same with the drivers (you can compare the midseason rankings here).



The order of the rankings did not change very much from the August version. Toro Rosso rookie Max Verstappen remains at the top of the list with €250,000, having made slightly more than €5,000 for each of the 49 points he scored.

Verstappen was even more impressive at the end of the year. He scored points in seven of nine races after the summer break, compared to just 3-of-10 before.

Fellow youngsters Felipe Nasr and Daniil Kvyat were the only other drivers to make less than €10,000 per point, with Valtteri Bottas, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Daniel Ricciardo following closely behind. The four Red Bull Racing-backed drivers' spots in the top six highlights the team's preferred strategy of developing and promoting their own drivers, rather than signing the best (and most expensive) drivers available on the open market.

Of course, our ranking does not take into account all of the value th...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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