Valentino Rossi is the only motorcycle racer present on a Forbes top ten list for the highest ea🍸rning Motorsport♚ competitors.

The seven time MotoGP champion took a pay cut in order to return to Yamaha this year, but is still sai♈d to have earned $22 million, putting him ahead of reigning triple F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel.

The list is headed by ✅F1 stars Fern𓆏ando Alonso (Ferrari) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).

Rossi, whose mꦯost recent title was in 2009, took his 8🎉0th MotoGP victory at Assen this year. The Italian is fourth in the world championship standings.

Forbes "looked at earnings between Ju🍒ne 2012 and June 2013 derived from salaries, bonuses, endorsements, as well as the drivers' shares of winnings and licensing" to compile the list, a summary of which is as follows:

1. Fernando Alonso F1 $30million ($28m salary/$2m endorsements).
2. Lewis Hamilton F1 $27.5million ($26m salary/$1.5m endorsements).
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR $26million ($13m salary/$13m endorsements).
4. Jimmie Johnson NASCAR $24million ($17.3m salary/$6.7m endorsements).
5. Valentino Rossi MotoGP $22million ($12m salary/$10m endorsements).
6. Tony Stewart NASCAR $18.5million ($12.5m salary/$6m endorsements).
7. Jeff Gordon NASCAR $18.2million ($12.7m salary/$5.5m endorsements).
8. Sebastian Vettel F1 $18million ($17m salary/$1m endorsements).
9. Danica Patrick NASCAR $15million ($6m salary/$9m endorsements).
10. Jenson Button F1 $14million ($14m salary/$0m endorsements).