Thread: Good Money, Even If You Don't Finish

Just looked at the driver payouts for the Edmonton race, and those are pretty good numbers.

For finishing last (or retiring first) you get $16,000. Over the course of 16 events, that's $256,000 . I wonder does whether the teams still pay their drivers, or does the team cash the payouts and settle a 'flat' amount with their drivers for the season?

These days drivers are usually paid by the sponser.

It's like that in all motorsports. Ferrari wasn't paying Schumacher $100 million, Marlboro was.

Originally Posted by Ryan

It's like that in all motorsports. Ferrari wasn't paying Schumacher $100 million, Marlboro was.

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Originally Posted by Ryan

These days drivers are usually paid by the sponser.

In F1 we know that there is a money distribution key that goes out from Bernie to the teams, not the drivers. The teams then deal with how much their drivers get for winning a race or picking up a point.

So I guess that in ChampCars, the money that goes to the drivers from the series itself after every race goes either as a bonus or the teams cash it and it's just called 'Driver Prize Money' for reasons unknown

Originally Posted by saltysurprise

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