To put his life on the road for 3 hours at a mean velocity of 370 km/h, between partitions and with 32 cruel rivals not solely has the glory of profitable the Indianapolis 500 Mile race or the privilege of being half eternally of the record of drivers along with his face engraved on the Borg Warner trophy, it additionally has a monetary reward… and it is a good haul.
In whole, practically $18.5 million in prize cash has been handed out, the very best quantity within the historical past of the race. In reality, even the one driver who didn’t qualify for the 108th version of the Indy 500 (Nolan Siegel) took residence a pleasant chunk: $505,000.
After all, that is nothing in comparison with the tremendous purse that Josef Newgarden and Group Penske take residence…
Millionaire Newgarden
Josef Newgarden, along with taking residence his second Child Borg (the miniature duplicate of the Borg Warner trophy), will add to his present account the juiciest particular person prize within the historical past of the race.
His winnings quantity to 4,288,000 {dollars} (3,943,000 euros), which if added to the three,666,000 (in euros, 3,370,000) he earned final yr, provides as much as a haul of practically 8 million {dollars}.
The American has skyrocketed his earnings in comparison with final yr thanks additionally to a ‘pot’ that he had been amassing for 20 years and that he has achieved because of the feat of profitable the five hundred Miles twice in a row. Borg Warner, the model that sponsors the trophy, contributed 20,000 {dollars} annually to moreover reward the driving force who achieved a double; one thing that had not occurred since 2002 and that had already amassed 440,000 {dollars} (simply over 400,000 euros).
How a lot cash has Alex Palou earned?
Spain’s Alex Palou takes residence $614,000 for his fifth place within the race. Nonetheless, he doesn’t occupy that place within the earnings desk, the place he drops a step in favor of Scott McLaughlin, who has a bonus for having signed the pole place.
The Catalan driver lowered his revenue considerably in comparison with final yr (the place he was the one who bought the bonus test for being the most effective in qualifying), when he signed a test of 801,000 {dollars}.
Nonetheless, his reward has been essential in sporting phrases since his fifth place and the collapse within the race of Will Energy, till the Indy 500 his essential opponent, has allowed him to extend his distance over the second – now Scott Dixon – to twenty factors.
