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It took a while, but Lotus F1 Team paid Kimi Raikkonen his salary for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
According to El Mundo Deportivo, the Finn's average salary for those two seasons was around $7 million. But the team also owed him some $35 million in bonuses.
Having signed for Ferrari at the end of 2013, Raikkonen skipped the last two races that year. He mentioned a back surgery, but some believed he was simply fed up with the delays.
[TD="class: caption"]Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus E21 (Photo: WRI2)[/TD]
Now much better off financially, Lotus finished paying the 2007 world champion's earnings, and all is well according to nextgen-auto.com.
"The situation with the creditors is much better compared to last year," confirmed Lotus' executive director Matthew Carter.
"(Raikkonen's salary) was a big part of our debt, but it has been paid in full by now."
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According to El Mundo Deportivo, the Finn's average salary for those two seasons was around $7 million. But the team also owed him some $35 million in bonuses.
Having signed for Ferrari at the end of 2013, Raikkonen skipped the last two races that year. He mentioned a back surgery, but some believed he was simply fed up with the delays.
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[TD="class: caption"]Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus E21 (Photo: WRI2)[/TD]
Now much better off financially, Lotus finished paying the 2007 world champion's earnings, and all is well according to nextgen-auto.com.
"The situation with the creditors is much better compared to last year," confirmed Lotus' executive director Matthew Carter.
"(Raikkonen's salary) was a big part of our debt, but it has been paid in full by now."
More...