Officially of course, it is very vulgar to talk about money. But it’s funny, when we talk about the salaries of the greatest (The Forbes newspaper has made a specialty of this kind of exercise, in all areas, not just athletes) we often want to forget our principles a little …
Here is a summary of the 10 best remunerations in 2020 in MotoGP. It is obvious that I have pas access to the bank accounts of these pilots, there are people infinitely more gifted for that …
We are accountable at the end of course to spare the suspense …
ALEIX ESPARGARO
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The poorest of the gang, but I would remind you that these are the ten best paid, the poorest in the true sense are the others!) Is Aleix Espargaro Aprilia rider, who finished seventeenth overall in 2020 out of 22 classified riders.
He touched 850 000€.
I never checked but I was told that they bought a plane with his brother Pol to go to the circuits… Of course he has enough to pay for gasoline!
JACK MILLER
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The ninth is Jack Miller, which we recall in 2020 on a Ducati satellite motorcycle, which won a little more’one million €.
We can imagine ‘carbide’… that it will take in 2021 as a factory pilot!
ALEX MARQUEZ BRIGHT AND FRIQUÉ
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The eighth, and there it is downright astonishing, is Alex Marquez, who does not yet earn the astronomical sums received by his brother but who nevertheless collected 1,174 000€ this year, it’s sure that at the Marquez’s, to use an old expression, we don’t have to go over it five times to redo the plasters …
POL ESPARGARO
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Seventh in the standings, Pol Espargaro won a chouia more than Alex Marquez, 1,240 0000€, We know that at KTM we have a little trouble getting our hands on the ‘lazingue’ but earning about the same amount when he rode three years in MotoGP and that for Alex Marquez it was a first takeoff, shows than « Junior » has a real talent …
FABIO QUARTARARO
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Sixth classified, narrowly but here too we do not forget that he is a rookie and on a satellite motorcycle, he is the friend Fabio Quartararo, 1 million 274 000€, here again, moving to a factory will significantly increase its income in 2021 …
DANILO PETRUCCI
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The fifth highest paid driver in 2020 is Danilo Petrucci, two million € 549,000, it is certain that his passage in satellite at KTM will force him to make some savings but when one likes …
ANDREA DOVIZIOSO
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Fourth in the ranking, Andrea Dovizioso touched this year four million 800,000, however, having to go satellite, we know that Ducati barged incredibly on the dough, one of the reasons (with fed up) that caused Dovi to leave the Reds in 2021.
We can imagine that he was offered the salary of Miller this year, who was traveling in satellite, with a big million €. In other words, his emoluments were reduced by five. Unacceptable, you would work for one million € you?
Yes of course, but by risking your life every two weeks?
MAVERICK VINALES
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The third highest paid driver in 2020 is Maverick Vinales, six million € 800,000. This proves that if Yamaha had valve problems, it had less on the money of its pilots… We also understand why Vinales has always accepted Yamaha’s offers so quickly since he left Suzuki!
ROSSI AND FRANCESCA
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The second in the ranking is Valentino Rossi, with a fixed of € 9 million, We also know that the Doctor earns a lot of money on his derivative products, which multiplies his salary, we say, by two, Francesca will have enough to offer a magnificent cradle to a baby that he has been promising her for a while …
And the winner is… Marc Marquez of course, with 12 millions 300 000€ picked up in 2020, it is likely that not having run a clause in his contract provided for a significant drop in his income …
It is huge indeed and yet it is tiny compared to $ 106 million of Roger Federer, who cheerfully contests this place of honor to Messi and Ronaldo, what is funny besides is that Roger only touched seven million bonuses on the tennis courts, all the rest is advertising …
Here, I admit having frequented the starting lines a lot of times and, in particular when it rains, even if it is dry elsewhere, I always wonder if everyone will be alive at the end and I tell myself that these sums are frankly deserved.
Life, even mine, is worth more than that.
Finally in my eyes of course.
Jean Louis BERNARDELLI
Photos : MotoGP
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