Teddy007 wrote:
KingVoid wrote:
No
There is more money in Formula 1 because more people watch it, and hence F1 earns more money from sponsors and TV deals than NASCAR or MOTOGP.
If Ferrari feel that Sebastian Vettel is worth 60 million dollars to them, then he deserves to make that money.
Agreed.
They change their life style too. Want to know the diet for my job? none. Want to know the diet for 99% of all the jobs? none. F1 drivers like a lot of sports stars change their diets. They don't race 20 times a year, they sim train 50times a year, promote for 50 times, gym 50 times etc.
They also risk their lives to entertain us, in the spot light 24/7.
Lewis Hamilton gets pulled over in Australia for his... slight wheel spin and even Mark Webber called it the nanny state.. the press? oh they had a field day.. for something we'd do and no one would care (except the officer of course).No. They are not paid too much. It's an expensive sport and the teams want the best drivers. That involves money.
I was in partial agreement until the second paragraph. I know of many amateur athletes who maintain a rigorous training schedule. Heck, back in my baseball days we used to train ten hours a week indoors during the winter. And that was additional to the two hours a day pumping iron and jogging.
But that "slight wheel spin" was done on the public roads, where EVERYONE is subject to the law and is held accountable. Just because someone is famous they do not get a free pass. It gets crazier because every Formula One driver is bound to the FIA's "Action for Road Safety" program. They are expected to be the leaders in displaying how one conducts themselves in a safe manner on public roads.
If one wishes to conduct themselves as an irresponsible jerk, then the police have tickets for irresponsible jerks.
The high drivers salaries for the top drivers in Formula One are not mapped to talent or abilities. A very good driver can make a million a year, to assume that a driver who is just 2% better deserves an income 5,000% more is not logical.
Much as I agree the wheelspin was silly and he shouldn't have done it (setting examples etc etc), an F1 driver doing what he did is safer than a lot of drivers driving within the law!