Valentino Rossi's salary still highest in MotoGP
Valentino Rossi may have taken a pay cut to return to Yamaha this season, but his salary remains the highest in MotoGP - according to the latest Forbes list.
The Italian's earnings are estimated at $22 million, divided $ꦛ12 million for Salary and $10 million for Endorsements.
That puts the seven time MotoGP champion 51st on this year's Forbes World's Highest-Paid Athletes list.
Rossi, who is the only motorcyc🎶le rider to make this year's top 100, had been 20th on last year's list, when his income at Ducati was estimated at $30 million ($17m Salary/$13m Endorsements).
The highest ranked motorsport competitor is Ferrari F1 driver Fernando Alonso, in 19th place with an estimated $30 million. New Mercedes F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is 26th ($27.5 million) while Red Bull's reigning trip🀅le F1 champion Sebastian Vettel is below Rossi, in 89th place, on $18 million.
Tiger Woods tops the list with $78.1 million.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valeꦦntino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and ﷽Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
