How often do you stop and think, in comparative terms, just how much money a top sportsman is paid? “It takes me 10 years to earn what ‘Superstar X’ makes in a week,” is something I’ve said more than once in conversation (and with the individual named). Is it right? Is it fair? If it was a footballer, he might even have done next-to-nothing for his jaw-dropping salary that week, perhaps spending match day sitting on the bench. In Formula 1, of course, that cannot happen. The team is the team, the drivers are the drivers, and something unusual has to occur for them not to take part in a race weekend. But the wages of Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel et al are still astronomical,...
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