F1 Gossip: Hamilton, Verstappen & Alonso top earners in 2022

In the latest Formula 1 gossip, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso are the top earners on the 2022 grid, while the sport iis set to return to 90-minute Friday practice sessions for 2022.
(L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 with Fernando Alonso (ESP) Alpine F1 Team and Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in qualifying parc ferme.
(L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 with Fernando Alonso (ESP) Alpine F1 Team and…
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- has revealed its estimated Formula 1 driver salaries for 📖2ꦦ022.

Unsurprisingly, Hamilton tops the li🍌st with an estimated salary of $40 million a year, while Max Verstappen is on roughly $25 million a year. Fernando Alonso completes the top thr𓄧ee with $20 million.

- Also♛ according to , F1 will make several major changes to its weekend schedule for 2022.

One iꦬs the return of 90-minute Friday practice sessions - in 2021, they were only 60 minutes.

All grands prix in 2022 will now take place over three days, rather than four, with media commitments taking place on Friday ꦦmorning ahead of FP1.

- With Ferrari set to unveil its 2022 challenger on February 17, has described it as an “aggressive project” - sඣimilar to 2017 and 2018 when it was able to challenge Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes for the majority of the season. 

- George Russell has complete𝓡d🍨 his first official day as a Mercedes F1 driver.

“But no in 🌸terms of the results, obviously. The whole team and myself, we꧅ were hoping for more. I think we got hurt quite badly by the regulation changes as the team had a great car [in 2020] but not [in 2021], so we did what we could.”

- Alonso is confid🎉ent he will be ‘100%’ ahead of the new season after undergoꦛing jaw surgery. ()

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