News Details

Hamilton ‘surprised' by driver salary cap

Lewis Hamilton says he is 'surprised' that Formula 1 is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a salary cap for the drivers from 2023. Earlier this week is was reported that the team bosses had agreed a salary cap of £22 million. More details are now coming through with reports stating that £22m is not for one driver, but both combined salaries. That's a long way off the £35m per season that Hamilton alone earns with his team-mate Valtteri Bottas costing Mercedes just under £7 million per year. Hamilton says he is 'surprised' that Formula 1 is going down this road but insists talk of a salary cap is not the reason why he has yet to sign a new deal with Mercedes. 'It has nothing to do...
Full Story »
4y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 teams agree in principle to $30m driver salary cap

The Formula 1 teams have agreed in principle to a driver salary cap which...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton "surprised" by F1 plan to introduce...

Lewis Hamilton has conceded to "surprise" over Formula 1's...
4y ago from GPFans.com

F1 Teams Agree $30 Million Driver Salary Cap

On Monday, all F1 team bosses met virtually at the F1 Commission to vote...
4y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

F1 set to introduce driver salary cap in 2023

Formula 1 is poised to introduce salary caps in 2023 as part of the wider...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

FOX acquires 33% stake in Penske Entertainment, IndyCar

Fox Corporation, parent company of broadcast company FOX Sports, has...

Colton Herta: IndyCar at Laguna Seca is a...

IndyCar’s latest visit to Laguna Seca produced rave reviews from...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal vs Villarreal Prediction and Betting Tips |...

Arsenal resume their pre-season tour with another club friendly this week...
57m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Former Arsenal and Chelsea star David Luiz completes...

Former Arsenal and Chelsea defender David Luiz has joined Pafos FC. The...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal not alone in race to sign Jeremy Jacquet;...

Arsenal are not the only club eyeing a move for Jeremy Jacquet this...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Thomas Partey close to joining Villarreal in week of...

t;li>Former Arsenal midfielder has denied rape chargesPartey has agreed...
9h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Sky F1 pundit gets police escort after Hungarian GP

Sky F1 pundit Naomi Schiff was given a police... Read More »
3h ago from GPFans.com

Cadillac 'agree terms' with F1 driver over 2026 seat

An F1 pundit has suggested that terms have been... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

F1 tycoon pleads guilty over corruption scandal

Singapore-based billionaire hotelier Ong Beng... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.