[Valerossi]

I beleive I read Rossi made in excess of $27million last year.

Yes... Rossi is exceptional... he earned estimated $28M last year...


He got paid by Gauloises Yamaha $11M just for his salary... then he got a $5.5M bonus for winning his forth straight title... then he get another $8M a year from his main sponsors like AGV, Dainese, Alice, and Kerakoll... his estimated income for 2005 is $24.5M... Rossi clocks in at No. 3 on Sports Illustrated's list of the 20 top-earning non-American athletes in the world. That wad of cash puts him behind only ridiculously rich German Formula One racer Michael Schumacher and British soccer pretty-boy David Beckham. Rossi ranks ahead of Beckham's Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo, tennis' Maria Sharapova, even Yao Ming and Sammy Sosa...

:dollar :dollar :dollar


The other top MotoGP riders probably get like $1M to $4M just their salary...


:riding

 

[Valerossi]

Actually.....Rossi's riding contract was $17 million for 2 years. The rest was endorsements.

I dunno, but according to my source, his Yamaha contract was a little over $20M for 2 years(2004/2005)...