[WRC] News & Rumours 2018

[jopakoll]

$2.75 million accourding to this site https://www.totalsportek.com/money/w...vers-salaries/

[krissucool]

his salary is not correct there, as far as i know. it is more.

That is clearly a given, considering the position he was in to negotiate his deal.

[Allez Andruet]

At first you would imagine that Meeke and Tänak are making considerably more than Sordo and Paddon, but then again, Sordo probably has some Red Bull K€'s there included and Paddon might have some financial support coming from Oceania. For Meeke and Tänak, that figure could be more the baseline than anything else.

Btw, isn't Miika Wuorela (the writer) working for TGR? Somehow I think he's the one updating TGR WRC twitter account and writing the press releases or am I completely lost here?

[Tarmop]

In 2017 it was 2mil+ for Tänak, discussed even here. Taxes/without taxes and 2 mil. may come to that yes. Mikkelsen and Neuville live in Monaco, probably "pay" there also, so a huge addition from that already.

[Hartusvuori]

Btw, isn't Miika Wuorela (the writer) working for TGR? Somehow I think he's the one updating TGR WRC twitter account and writing the press releases or am I completely lost here?

Wuorela is not nor have ever been involved with TGR. He does WRC event-to-event basis as a mixture of communications officer for Buagsport (Jouhki) and freelance journalist (Yle, Ilta-Sanomat, Vauhdin Maailma).

[Allez Andruet]

Wuorela is not nor have ever been involved with TGR. He does WRC event-to-event basis as a mixture of communications officer for Buagsport (Jouhki) and freelance journalist (Yle, Ilta-Sanomat, Vauhdin Maailma).

Thanks for the clarification. I had a hunch you might know it better

[AnttiL]

About the salaries: it probably varies from resource to another because there's so many ways to calculate it. With tax or without? With winning bonus or without? With expenses (co-driver salary, manager % etc) reduced or not? With sponsor money included or not? In case of Mikkelsen, Latvala and Ogier, with the previous contract salary applied or not?

However, I would consider Miika Wuorela as a very trustworthy journalist.

[N.O.T]

http://www.iltalehti.fi/ralli/201804...10722_ri.shtml

Current WRC driver salaries listed

Ogier 8-9 m€
Latvala 4-4,5 m€
Neuville 2,5-3 m€
Mikkelsen, Sordo, Paddon, Tänak, Meeke 1-1,5 m€
Lappi 1 m€
Breen 0,6 m€
Rovanperä, Evans 0,1 m€
Suninen only sponsor money, about 0,2m€

Also stuff about the bonus system, like Ogier getting 10% bonus for each win and also bonuses from last year titles. Toyota gives bonus from finishing 2nd or 3rd in the championship. And an interesting bit of fact was that the co-drivers are paid by their drivers, except for Citroen where the team pays their salaries as well.

the only thing more stupid that this imaginary list are the people who believe it.....

[dimviii]

Toyota rules out making Latvala number two for Tanak WRC title bid

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...to-boost-tanak

[Simmi]

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...rs-back-in-wrc

Where to even begin with this! After turning their nose up at privateer involvement in current cars, saying these drivers weren't worthy or didn't have the ability. Now the FIA are backtracking.

Not a surprise when the likes of M-Sport can't shift cars.

Also Nasser's Toyota deal isn't happening.