Website's wild stab at MotoGP rider earnings

Motorsport website goes out on a limb

Posted: 27 July 2010
by Visordown News
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MOTORSPORT WEBSITE GPOne.com has published the alleged salaries of MotoGP riders, but the figures have been shot down by the public and industry alike.

GPOne reckon the salaries are as follows:

  1. Valentino Rossi : from 12 to 15 million Euro
  2. Jorge Lorenzo: from 4 to 7 million Euro
  3. Casey Stoner: from 5 to 7 million Euro
  4. Dani Pedrosa: from 3 to 4 million Euro
  5. Andrea Dovizioso: from 1.5 to 2 million Euro
  6. Marco Simoncelli: from 1.5 to 2 million Euro
  7. Loris Capirossi: 1.5 million Euro
  8. Ben Spies: from 1 to 2 million Euro
  9. Alvaro Bautista: 1 million Euro
  10. Randy De Puniet: from 500,000 Euro
  11. Marco Melandri: 500,000 Euro
  12. Mika Kallio: 350,000 Euro
  13. Colin Edwards: 250,000 Euro
  14. Aleix Espargaro: 250,000 Euro

Rider earnings are very hard to pin down, due to contracts being heavily loaded with bonuses, so it's almost impossible to publish the truth.



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ruthlessrevenge
I can't believe Colin Edwards would race for what is only a relatively small amount - 250,000 Euro. I thought that James Toseland was paid more than that when he was in the team? Wouldn't the top WSB riders earn more than 250,000 Euro?

Posted: 27/07/2010 at 16:25


mobus
Simoncelli and Bautista earn more than Edwards and Melandri...... wtf

Posted: 27/07/2010 at 18:10


Blackbox
Randy de Puniet? Free bunny girls? Exactly what does that entail, I wonder?

Posted: 28/07/2010 at 11:32

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