F1 Gossip: Hamilton, Verstappen & Alonso top earners in 2022

In the latest Formula 1 gossip, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso are the top earners on the 2022 grid, while the sport iis set to return to 90-minute Friday practice sessions for 2022.
(L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 with Fernando Alonso (ESP) Alpine F1 Team and Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in qualifying parc ferme.
(L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 with Fernando Alonso (ESP) Alpine F1 Team and…
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- has revealed its estimated Formula 1 driver salari𓆉es for 2022.

Unsurprisingly, Hamilton tops the list with an estimated salary of $40 million a year, while M♍ax Verstappen is on roughly $25 million a year. Fernando Alonso completes the top three with $20 million.

- Also according to , F1 will make several major changes to♓ its w🌼eekend schedule for 2022.

One is the return of 90-minute Friday practice sessions - in 2♑021, they were only 60 minutes.

All grands prix in 2022 will now take place over three♛ days, rather than four, with media commitments taking place on Friday morni♎ng ahead of FP1.

- With Ferrari set 𒁃to unveil its 2022 challenger on February꧋ 17, has described it as an “aggressive project” - similar to 2017 and 2018 when it was able to challenge Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes for the majority of the season. 

- George Russell has completed his first offi꧙cial day a💛s a Mercedes F1 driver.

“But no in terms of the results, obviously. The whole team and myself, we were hoping for more. I think we got hurt quite badly༺ by the regulation changes as the team had a great car [in 2020] but not [in 202𒁏1], so we did what we could.”

- Alonso is confident he will be ‘100%’ ahead of🅠 the new seღason after undergoing jaw surgery. ()

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