Grand Prix<\/a> two weeks ago, Hamilton was fined \u20ac50,000 \u2013 \u20ac25,000 of which was suspended \u2013 for crossing the circuit on foot after crashing at Turn 1.<\/p>\nWhile Hamilton and world champion Max Verstappen have some of the most lucrative contracts in sport, Russell said much of the grid is paid considerably less.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say there’s probably 40 percent of the network that makes less than that maximum fine,\u201d Russell said. “And that’s the income, not taking into account the expenses, the travel around the world, the people you need on your team. It’s pretty obscene.”<\/p>\n
He added: “I think it’s quite ridiculous that a driver can be fined a million euros. In my first year of Formula 1 I had a five-figure salary and I I actually lost over six figures in that first year on paying my coach, paying for flights, paying an assistant, and that’s probably the case for 25% of the grid.<\/p>\n
“We do what we love, so we don’t complain about it… But if you take a one-year driver who probably loses over 100,000 at the end of the year because of the investment that he has to pay you a fine of one million, what will happen?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have already asked the FIA \u200b\u200bto find out where these fines are going, what are the causes. This must be reinvested in the base, but so far we have had no answer on the direction it will take. We would like to have some clarity and transparency, and if they really believe that a million euro fine is worth it and that it is going to be reinvested in the sport, then maybe one pilots who are well paid will be happy to pay this fine. . But it seems obscene.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell, director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association [GPDA]said drivers are considering raising the issue with the FIA.<\/p>\n
The first chance they will have will be during the drivers’ briefing, organized behind closed doors before each race weekend, on Friday evening.<\/p>\n
The first season Russell referred to was when he was driving at Williams. Alex Albon, who replaced him on the team in 2022, was informed of the fine during his media session on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think they know what our salaries are,\u201d Albon replied, shocked.<\/p>\n
Albon reiterated what Russell said about the financial burden on many drivers, particularly towards the back of the grid.<\/p>\n
“I wonder how this is going to happen because I think there is such unknown knowledge of the sacrifices F1 drivers make. We are very popular people, we travel a lot around the world, we get noticed a lot , we need a group of people around us in many cases.<\/p>\n
“But I think people wouldn’t realize – especially in the first two, three or four years as a Formula 1 driver – that the salaries are nothing like what people actually think. I’m sure “You probably know a little more than most people do, but it would be a heavy penalty if you had to go into debt.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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