Rossi features in Forbes Highest Paid Athletes list
Three motorsport stars feature in the top 20 of the latest Forbes 🤡Highest Paid Athletes list - including MotoGP's Valentino Rossi.
Rossi is listed as joint 20th alongside F1 legend Mi🍸chae🧸l Schumacher, with Ferrari F1 star Fernando Alonso the highest ranking motorsport representative, in 19th place.
The Spaniard is quoted as𒉰 receiving total earnings of $32 million between June 2011 and June 2012, 🐬comprising $29 million in Salary/winnings plus $3 million in endorsements.
Rossi and Mercedes driver Schumacher are said to h🌠ave made $30 million duri𒈔ng the same period.
Forbes🌊 claims that Rossi's Ducati contract pays him $17 million annually and that the former seven time MotoGP champion, who has struggled sin🐼ce leaving Yamaha in 2010, made a further $13 million in endorsements.
Rossi has taken two podiums🐎 since joining Ducati, while Schumacher has yet to feature on the rostrum since his 2010 F1 return😼.
The top earning NASCAR driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr, was ranked 23rd with earnings of $28.2 million. Then came McLaren F1 dr🥀iver Lewis Hamilton, in joint 24th with $28 million.
After Hamilton, the🦋re were no other F1 or MotoGP stars in the top 100, which required a minimum income of $16.6 million.
Floyd Mayweather topped the list, having made a reputed ?85 million betw🌜een June 2011 and 2012, with fellow Boxer Manny Pacquiao in second place. Those two aside, most of the top ten consisted of athletes that face only a slim risk of physical harm...
Forbes Highest Paid Athletes - Top 10:
1. Floyd Mayweather (Boxing) $85m
2. Manny Pacquiao (Boxing) $62m
3. Tiger Woods (Golf) $59.4m
4. LeBron James (NBA) $53m
5. Roger Federer (Tennis) $52.7m
6. Kobe Bryant (NBA) $52.3m
7. Phil Mickelson (Golf) $47.8m
8. David Beckham (Football) $46m
9. Cristiano Ronaldo (Football) $42.5m
10. Peyton Manning (NFL) $42.4m
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino ✅Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issue💮s.
