Revealed: MotoGP rider salaries - how much did they get paid?

The MotoGP grid has a large disparity of salaries between highest and lowest - according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, here was the money that each rider pocketed last year…

• Marc Marquez - €12.5m
• Fabio Quartararo - €6m
• Joan Mir - €6m 
• Francesco Bagnaia - €5m
• Pol Espargaro - €3.5m
• Jack Miller, Alex Rins , Franco Morbidelli  - €3m
• Johann Zarco - €2m
• Maverick Vinales - €2m*
• Aleix Espargaro - €2m*
• Alex Marquez, Jorge Martin - €1m
• Miguel Oliveira - €625,000
• Takaaki Nakagami, Brad Binder - €500,000
• Enea Bastianini , Fabio di Giannantonio - €375,000
• Luca Marini - €300,000
• Darryn Binder, Marco Bezzecchi, Raul Fernandez, Remy Gardner - €250,000

* Crash.net estimates.

What bonus money can MotoGP riders earn?

• Revealed: Bagnaia’s cash prize and huge finances for victory
• Winning the championship
• Race wins
• Finishing second in a race
• Finishing third in a race

Uncertainty over MotoGP Sprint race bonuses

The addition of MotoGP Sprint races in the 2023 MotoGP calendar has caused a fuss in the paddock about paying bonuses to the riders.

“For now there is no race bonus in the contracts and if they don't give them to us I don't think we race,” Bastianini’s manager Carlo Pernat said.

"We have already agreed with Albert Valera [Aleix Espargaro and Jorge Martin’s manager] and with Giovanni Balestra [Maverick Vinales’ manager]. “They are half points, we want half a bonus. With the sponsors we have already included in the contract also the bonuses for the Sprint races.”