Report: Renault Will Make Fernando Alonso F1’s Highest Paid Driver
Fernando Alonso’s lucrative contract with Renault is set to make him the highest paid driver in Formula One, if the twice world champion chooses to stay with the French outfit through next season.
SportsPro magazine has reported that the Spaniard will get an average of $46 million per year, if he doesn’t exercise a clause that would allow him to opt out of the Renault seat for 2009. The $46 million figure is reportedly the result of Alonso’s manager negotiating a “symbolic
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The Stig
How can a putz like that make so much money?
PockyIsGod
By being a whiny prat?
Clint
I don't like the guy either, but he IS a double world champion, which is two more world championships than I have won.
brian
FIA is very savvy business organization indeed.
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