The following list comprises the salaries of each rider in the fast approaching 2018 MotoGP season! Is it Rossi, Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Marquez? Or somebody else?! Minus some exchange rate discrepancies, this list will define the highest paid rider, according to totalsportek. So let’s begin.
23 (Tied): Takaaki Nakagami (Honda LCR) = โฌ250,000
23 (Tied): Xavier Simรฉon (Reale Avintia Racing) =ย โฌ250,000
22: Esteve Rabat (Reale Avintia Racing) = $400,000
20 (Tied): Karel Abraham (Pull & Bear Aspa Ducati) =ย โฌ450,000
20 (Tied): Alvaro Bautistaย (Pull & Bear Aspa Ducati) =ย โฌ450,000
19: Jack Miller (Octo Pramac) = $600,000
17 (Tied): Thomas Luthi (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) =ย โฌ650,000
17 (Tied): Francis Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) =ย โฌ650,000
16: Bradley Smith (Red Bull KTM) = $850,000
15: Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) = $900,000
14: Polย Espargaroย (Red Bull KTM) = $1 million
13: Alex Rins (Suzuki) = $1.25 million
12: Jonas Folger (Tech 3 Yamaha) =ย โฌ1.5 million
11: Scott Redding (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) = $1.8 million
10: Andrea Iannone (Suzuki) = $2 million
9: Cal Crutchlow (Honda LCR) = $2.5 million
8: Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac) = $2.8 million
7: Johann Zarco (Tech 3 Yamaha) =ย โฌ3 million
6: Dani Pedrosa (Respol Honda) = $3.3 million
5: Maverick VInales (Movistar Yamaha) = $5 million
4: Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) = $7 million
3: Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati) = $8 million
2: Valentino Rossiย (Movistar Yamaha) = $10 million
And… Number One:
1: Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) = $11.5 million