4. PRICES

4. PRICES

4.1 Drivers

5 Stars – A little bit lost without Rosberg?
Hamilton - £26m (driving for Mercedes)

Vettel – £22m (driving for Ferrari)

Bottas - £20m (driving for Mercedes)

4 Stars – Proving a point
Verstappen - £18m (driving for Red Bull)

Ricciardo - £15m (driving for Red Bull)

Raikkonen - £13m (driving for Ferrari)

Alonso - £12m (driving for McLaren)

3 Stars – A sense of desperation

Massa - £9m (driving for Williams)

Vandoorne - £8m (driving for McLaren)

2 Stars – Peddling Hard

Perez - £6m (driving for Force India)

Hulkenberg - £6m (driving for Renault)

Sainz Jr. - £6m (driving for Toro Rosso)

Grosjean - £6m (driving for Haas)

Magnussen - £5m (driving for Haas)

Ocon - £5m (driving for Force India)

1 Star – A Sense of Making Do

Kvyat - £3m (driving for Toro Rosso)

Palmer - £3m (driving for Renault)

Ericsson - £2m (driving for Sauber)

Wehrlein - £2m (driving for Sauber)

Stroll - £2m (driving for Williams)

4.2 Chassis

5 Stars – Big budget
Mercedes - £26m

Ferrari - £24m

Red Bull – £18m

4 Stars – Plucky independents
McLaren - £15m

Williams - £15m

Renault - £15m

3 Stars - Middle Field
Force India - £10m

2 Stars – Battle of the lower field

Toro Rosso - £8m

Haas - £8m

1 Star – Congratulations for not going into administration

Sauber - £5m

4.3 Engines

5 Stars – Upper Class
Mercedes - £26m

Ferrari - £24m

TAG Heuer (Red Bull) – £18m

4 Stars – Business Class
Honda (McLaren) - £15m

Mercedes (Williams) - £15m

Renault - £15m

3 Stars - Standard
Mercedes (Force India) - £10m

2 Stars – Economy Plus

Renault (Taureau Rouge, surely?) - £8m

Ferrari (Haas) - £8m

1 Star – Economy

Ferrari (Sauber) - £5m