{"id":1166823,"date":"2020-05-13T08:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1166823"},"modified":"2020-11-13T12:12:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:12:46","slug":"sebastian-vettels-net-worth-comes-from-formula-ones-vast-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/sebastian-vettels-net-worth-comes-from-formula-ones-vast-popularity\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Vettel's $120 Million Net Worth Comes From Formula One's Vast Popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Imagine Keith Richards announcing\nhe\u2019s leaving the Rolling Stones to perform with the Dave Matthews Band. That\u2019s about\na third of the way to the shock waves that Sebastian Vettel has created by revealing\nthat he will no longer drive for Ferrari after this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forget soccer. If glamour is the measuring stick, then <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/lewis-hamilton-competed-via-unicycle-karate-and-karting-before-f1-racing\/\">Formula One drivers <\/a>are the real rock stars of international sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sebastian Vettel is leaving one of the great jobs in sports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why did Sebastian Vettel leave Ferrari and where will he go next?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5QN8HkHmWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>German driver Sebastian\nVettel has been a Formula One racing star since winning the 2008 Italian Grand\nPrix as a 21-year-old. He has the distinction of capturing four straight series\nchampionships from 2010-13. His other accomplishments include winning a record\nnine consecutive races and ranking No. 3 all-time with 53 victories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he left Red Bull Racing to compete for Ferrari in 2015, it was five times the story in Europe and Asia as <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/how-tom-brady-and-rob-gronkowski-would-make-instant-history-if-the-tampa-bay-buccaneers-get-to-super-bowl-55\/\">Tom Brady\u2019s move<\/a> to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was in the United States because of his new team\u2019s rich history in the sport. Ferrari drivers have won 15 Formula One series championships, with the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/the-richest-athletes-of-all-time\/\">Michael Schumacher<\/a> notching five straight beginning in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly the entire marketing budget for Ferrari\u2019s high-end consumer vehicles is tied to F1, where top drivers make $2 million per race, so the company <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/even-the-dallas-cowboys-dont-outspend-formula-one-teams\/\">spares no expense<\/a> in pursuit of success. Signing with Ferrari or nemesis Mercedes instantly validates a driver\u2019s standing as one of the top 10 racers in the world on any circuit, which is why the breakup between Vettel and Ferrari is so significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sebastian Vettel couldn\u2019t put Ferrari over the top<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who should replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari? | The F1 Show\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gXVbN5Jd5CM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sebastian Vettel\u2019s greatest\nsuccess in F1 came while driving for Red Bull Racing, where he won his four\nchampionships and 38 races. Though he has won 14 Grand Prix events since arriving\nat Ferrari in 2015, Vettel slipped to fifth in the season standings last year\nand needed a big 2020 to be able to negotiate his next deal from a position of\nstrength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, Vettel and all of Formula One have been sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic. As talks continued through early spring, it became apparent that working out a new contract wasn\u2019t in the cards. Ferrari is poised to make Vettel teammate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article.breaking-news-sebastian-vettel-to-leave-ferrari-at-the-end-of-2020-f1-season.KBuBQw6AsUvOhB6p7IU9c.html\">rising star Charles Leclerc<\/a> its featured attraction, so management will hit the market for a No. 2 driver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given Ferrari\u2019s resources, it\u2019s fair to say the team\u2019s management could have land almost any driver it wants with the exception of <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/how-did-lewis-hamilton-get-into-racing\/\">Mercedes\u2019 Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, the six-time world champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Driving for F1 teams is a lucrative occupation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Vettel is leaving Ferrari and what&#039;s next for both sides\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U1o3yBpOcpY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Revealing his impending departure now announces to the small Formula One community of racing teams that Sebastian Vettel is a free agent in 2021, though the word \u201cfree\u201d is ironic. The 20 full-time F1 drivers are among the most handsomely paid athletes in the world, and one estimate puts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-athletes\/race-car-drivers\/sebastian-vettel-net-worth\/\">Vettel\u2019s net worth<\/a> from a little more than a decade in the sport at $120 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 32\nyears old, Vettel might be signing the final contract of his career later this\nyear. In that light, he will likely make his decision based on where the\nprospects are best to compete for a fifth championship as F1 imposes spending\nlimits that will make other teams more competitive with Mercedes, Ferrari, and\nRed Bull. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salary\nwill be just a secondary consideration for Vettel in light of how much he already\nhas in the bank. Through he is widely reported to make more than $40 million a\nyear from Ferrari, his greatest satisfaction would come from dethroning three-time\ndefending champ Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian Vettel makes $40 million a year driving for Ferrari, one of the most tradition-rich names in auto racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":1166824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[253796,4898],"tags":[118377],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sebastian Vettel&#039;s $120 Million Net Worth Comes From Formula One&#039;s Vast Popularity - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sebastian Vettel makes $40 million a year driving Formula One cars for Ferrari, one of the most tradition-rich names in auto racing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/sebastian-vettels-net-worth-comes-from-formula-ones-vast-popularity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sebastian Vettel's $120 Million Net Worth Comes From Formula One's Vast Popularity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sebastian Vettel makes $40 million a year driving Formula One cars for Ferrari, one of the most tradition-rich names in auto racing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/sebastian-vettels-net-worth-comes-from-formula-ones-vast-popularity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-13T12:57:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-13T17:12:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sebastian-Vettel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sports7J\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/sebastian-vettels-net-worth-comes-from-formula-ones-vast-popularity\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/sebastian-vettels-net-worth-comes-from-formula-ones-vast-popularity\/\",\"name\":\"Sebastian Vettel's $120 Million Net Worth Comes From Formula One's Vast Popularity - 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