Daniil Kvat (Toro Rosso) – $ 850 000. Russian racing driver, champion of the series GP3-2013. In the Formula-1 stands since 2014. In the fifth stage of the season, 2016 joined the team “Toro Rosso”, where he was transferred from the “Red Bull”.
Jolyon Palmer (Renault) – $ 900 000. The hereditary racer, who now stands for the team Sport-F1 Renault. He was not particularly experienced in Formula 1, but he immediately managed to show good speed. Debuting in the first race of the season-2016, the grand prix of Australia, showing 11 results.
Kevin Magnussen (Renault) – $ 900,000. A hereditary Danish racing driver, won the Formula Renault Championship 3.5 victory in 2013. Pilot of Formula-1 in the seasons of 2014 and 2016. Now he is part of the team Renault Sport.
Sergio Perez (Force India) – $ 2 million. Mexican racing driver, vice-champion of the GP2 series. He is also known by the nickname “Mexican Wanderkind”. He is 26, and he stands for the Force India team.
Valtteri Bottas (Williams) – $ 3.5 million. Finnish racing driver, winner of the GP3 series in 2011, two-time champion F3 Masters (2009-10). Currently, the pilot stands for the Williams team, to which he joined in 2013, and in addition to Williams Team, he was not in any other teams of Formula 1.
Roman Grozhan (Haas) – $ 4.5 million. Swiss racing driver who participates in competitions in the French racing license. In 2011, Romain became the only champion of the GP2 Asia series and the main GP2 series at the same time. He joined the Haas F1 team in 2015.
Felipe Massa (Williams) – $ 4.5 million. 35-year-old Brazilian is a member of the Williams team in the Formula 1 race. Felipe Massa started with karting, when he was only eight years old. He took part in national and regional competitions up to 15 years. Before joining F1, Felipe achieved the world title in the Formula Rolon Chevrolet, the Italian Formula Renault, and the Euro-3000 Formula.
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) – $ 5 million. German racing driver is a winner of 24 hours of Le Mans (2015); Winner of the A1 World Grand Prix (2006-07) in the national team of Germany; Champion series GP2 (2009); Champion of Euro Series of Formula-3 (2008); Winner of the F3 Masters (2007). He managed to win the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 2009 GP2 series and the Formula 3 Euro Series, and the A1 Grand Prix.
Daniel Riccardo (Red Bull) – $ 6.5 million. 27-year-old Australian racing driver has been performing for the Formula 1 Red Bull team since the season of 2014, the winner of the 2009 British Formula Three.
Jenson Button (McLaren) – $ 13 million. Racer of McLaren-Honda won the World Cup F1 in 2009, along with 15 victories and 50 podiums throughout his career.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) – $ 15.5 million. The owner of dual citizenship in Finland and Germany, the pilot of the Formula 1 racing series, a member of the Mercedes team. Vice-champion of the world in 2014 and 2015, as well as the owner of the Poles Positioning Cup 2014. Niko is the son of Keke Rosberg, the 1982 world champion in the Formula 1 races.
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) – $ 16 million. Finland gives the world outstanding Formula 1 racers for many years, and Kimi Raikkonen (The Ice Man, that is, the Iceman, as he is called), is considered one of the best in the modern world of racing. He managed to win the F1 World Championship, in 2007 – in his first year with Ferrari, very few of the racing drivers can boast such an achievement in the first year with the team.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedez) – $ 31 million. This racer is the highest paid pilot of British Formula-1. He is also the first black F1 driver (not counting test drives Willie T. Ribbis in 1986). Lewis Hamilton is part of the Mercedes AMG Petronas team, and began his career as a rider with McLaren.
Fernando Alonso (McLaren) – $ 40 million. This racer is part of the team McLaren-Honda, despite the fact that he won a double victory in the championships with the Renault team. Alonso began to drive on karting at the age of 3 years and became the world champion in 1996. He is a two-time world champion of the Formula-1 series – 2005 and 2006 and three-time vice-champion (2010, 2012, 2013).
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) – $ 50 million. He is german racing driver. The four-time world champion of the Formula-1 series – 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, while he became the youngest holder of the corresponding number of titles (in 2010 – the youngest champion, in 2011 – the youngest two-fold, in 2012 – the youngest three-fold, in 2013 – the youngest fourfold). In 2010 he was recognized as the best sportsman of the year in Germany.
