MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, 8 million US dollars per year salary plus private income of 10 million US dollars from advertising contracts.
Every car that enters a race will be paid for that race. Even if it does not finish the race. The amount a car (and driver) gets paid depends on the position the car ends the race in.
You don't get paid to race unless you are sponsored. The sponsors pay to put ads on the car. The driver only gets money if he wins the race.
Kasey Khane
No driver has ever won the World Driving Championship without winning a race.
Yes
Yes. Every driver earns money for each race they compete in, no matter if they win or end up in last place. For example, the Nascar Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway on June 30, 2012: 1st place - Brad Keselowski ($176,470.) 43rd place - Scott Riggs ($69,317.)
In NASCAR, the youngest was Kyle Busch in 2001 at 16.
yes micheal schumacher
It depends on they're team and sponsors. They are contracted.
Not a professional one, but he raced "Dwarf" cars for fun.
No driver has ever won the world Driving Championship in F1 without winning a race.
No a driver can not be changed in the middle of a race.