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Wealth-X Reveals: The Top 10 Wealthiest Formula One Drivers Of All Time
SINGAPORE , March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With the 2015 Formula One (F1) Grand Prix season underway, Wealth-X released today a list of the top 10 richest F1 drivers of all time, which includes active and retired race car drivers.
Cruising into first place on the list is seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher , who has an estimated net worth of US$780 million . The retired German driver, who last raced for Mercedes in 2012, is currently recovering from a serious brain injury from a skiing accident in the French Alps in 2013.
Schumacher's wealth represents 43% of the combined net worth of all 10 men on the list, four of whom have retired from the sport.
Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton – who opened the 2015 season with a convincing victory at last weekend's Australian Grand Prix – came in fifth place on the Wealth-X list with a personal fortune of US$110 million .
Hamilton's Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg , who finished second in last year's world championship standings as well as in the recent Australian Grand Prix, took 10th place on the Wealth-X list with US$30 million in assets.
The youngest driver on the list is 27-year-old Sebastien Vettel , who has a net worth of US$45 million . The oldest is 60-year-old retired Frenchman Alain Prost , who has amassed a personal fortune of US$70 million .
Below is Wealth-X's top 10 all-time F1 Driver Rich List:
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