The 2014 F1 driver salaries have been revealed and they don't represent value for money when you look at some of the best paid athletes and their current position on the leaderboard.
Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel earns a humongous $31.7 million (AED 116m) annual wage from Red Bull whereas his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo only earns a mere $1.1 million (AED 4m), according to Business Book GP2014.
That means Vettel earns 29 times more that Ricciardo.
This is ironic as the young Australian is third on the 2014 leaderboard on 131 points, whilst Vettel is struggling in sixth with 88 points.
It's become a costly procedure for Red Bull when Vettel earns per championship point – $360,000 (AED 1.3m) in fact. In comparison, Ricciardo only earns $8000 (AED 29,000) a point.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkoneni, who is having a torrid season by his standards, earns a monumental $1.17m (AED 4m) per point.
Current leader, Nico Rosberg is the sixth highest paid F1 driver on earns $17.3m (AED 63m) from Mercedes whilst his team-mate- but rival, Lewis Hamilton has the fourth highest salary on $28.8m (AED100m).
Their salaries are bound to rise after this current succesful season were it has turned into a two-horse race.
So on the basis of value-for-money based on wages per championship point, here is how the standings look…
REVISED 2014 FORMULA 1 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
(Most valuable in terms of cost per point)
1. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull): $8,396 per point
2. Valtteri Bottas (Williams): $15,000
3. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren): $39,000
4. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso): $48,000
5. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India): $84,000
6. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes): $86,000
7. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso): $100,000
8. Felipe Massa (Williams): $145,000
9. Sergio Perez (Force India): $148,000
10. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes): $151,000
11. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari): $276,000
12. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull): $360,000
13. Jules Bianchi (Marussia): $360,000
14. Jenson Button (McLaren): $385,000
15. Romain Grosjean (Lotus): $537,000
16. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari): $1.17 million
17. Marcus Ericsson (Caterham): $216,000 for no points
18. Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham): $216,000 for no points
19. Max Chilton (Marussia): $290,000 for no points
20. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber): $577,000 for no points
21. Adrian Sutil (Sauber): $2.9m for no points
22. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus): $4.3m for no points
2014 FORMULA 1 DRIVER SALARIES
1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull): $31.7 million
2. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari): $31.7m
3. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari): $31.7m
4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes): $28.8m
5. Jenson Button (McLaren): $23.1m
6. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes): $17.3m
7. Felipe Massa (Williams): $5.8m
8. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India): $5.8m
9. Romain Grosjean (Lotus): $4.3m
10. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus): $4.3m
11. Sergio Perez (Force India): $4.3m
12. Adrian Sutil (Sauber): $2.9m
13. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren): $1.44m
14. Valtteri Bottas (Williams): $1.44m
15. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull): $1.1m
16. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso): $1.1m
17. Jules Bianchi (Marussia): $720,000
18. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber): $577,000
19. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso): $360,000
20. Max Chilton (Marussia): $290,000
21. Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham): $216,000
22. Marcus Ericsson (Caterham): $216,000
2014 FORMULA 1 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes): 202 points
2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes): 191 points
3. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull): 131 points
4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari): 115 points
5. Valtteri Bottas (Williams): 95 points
6. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull): 88 points
7. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India): 69 points
8. Jenson Button (McLaren): 60 points
9. Felipe Massa (Williams): 40 points
10. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren): 37 points
11. Sergio Perez (Force India): 29 points
12. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari): 27 points
13. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso): 11 points
14. Romain Grosjean (Lotus): 8 points
15. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso): 6 points
16. Jules Bianchi (Marussia): 2 points
17. Adrian Sutil (Sauber): 0 points
18. Marcus Ericsson (Caterham): 0 points
19. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus): 0 points
20. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber): 0 points
21. Max Chilton (Marussia): 0 points
22. Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham): 0 points
