Kimi Raikkonen tops F1 Drivers' salary table for 2009

Kimi Raikkonen is the highest paid F1 driver for the year 2009 followed by Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.There is a $27 million margin between Raikkonen's salary and that of Hamilton, and $37 million between Kimi and his team-mate Felipe Massa. Meanwhile the new F1 World Champion Jenson Button was paid just $5 million  whereas his team-mate Rubens Barrichello was pais just $1 million.


Full list of F1 2009 driver salaries:
 
1.  Kimi Raikkonen $45m
2. Lewis Hamilton $18m
3. Fernando Alonso $15m
4. Nico Rosberg $8.5m
5. Felipe Massa $8m
6. Jarno Trulli $6.5m
7. Sebastian Vettel $6m
8. Mark Webber $5.5m
9. Jenson Button $5m
10. Robert Kubica $4.5m
11. Heikki Kovalainen $3.5m
12. Nick Heidfeld $2.8m
13. Timo Glock $2m
14. Giancarlo Fisichella $1.5m
15. Sébastien Buemi $1.5m
16. Rubens Barrichello $1m
17. Jaime Alguersuari $0.5m
18. Vitantonio Liuzzi $Nil
19. Adrian Sutil $Nil
20. Romain Grosjean $Nil
21. Kazuki Nakajima $Nil