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) = €250,000
23 (Tied): Xavier Siméon (Reale Avintia Racing) = €250,000
22: Esteve Rabat (Reale Avintia Racing) = $400,000
20 (Tied): Karel Abraham (Pull & Bear Aspa Ducati) = €450,000
20 (Tied): Alvaro Bautista (Pull & Bear Aspa Ducati) = €450,000
19: Jack Miller (Octo Pramac) = $600,000
17 (Tied): Thomas Luthi (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) = €650,000
17 (Tied): Francis Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) = €650,000
16: Bradley Smith (Red Bull KTM) = $850,000
15: Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) = $900,000
14: Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM) = $1 million
13: Alex Rins (Suzuki) = $1.25 million
12: Jonas Folger (Tech 3 Yamaha) = €1.5 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) = €3 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 Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) = $10 million
And… Number One:
1: Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) = $11.5 million