[b][/b]Lewis Hamilton’s on £641,000 a week at Mercedes, now highest paid British sportsman


Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton today signed a
new 3-year deal with Mercedes worth in the region of 100million pounds. That means he will be making
around £641,000 a week.

Mercedes unveiled the news that the 30-year-old, whose contract was due to expire at the end of this season, would be remaining with the team on the eve of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.

Hamilton has signed a three-year deal which will keep him at the British-based outfit until the end of the 2018 campaign. The double world champion will also become Britain’s highest-paid sportsman.



Hamilton’s new contract is worth £100million over three years. He will become Britain’s highest-paid sportsman…

So, what Hamilton will take home…

:- per year = £33,333,333

-: each week = £641,026

:- day = £91,575

:- per race* = £1,571,429

* Based on a 21-race calendar

Source: Mail Online