The four-time world champion will retire from F1 at the end of the 2022 season, and will 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:be replaced at Aston ♐Martin by Fernando Aꩲlonso.

Vettel has amassed huge riches in his 15-season career but is choosing to walk away🐟, at the age of 35, from even mo🤡re.

He started earning major money in 2009, upon joining Red ♎Bull. He finished second in his first season with the team then in 2010, when he won a world championship for the first time, he reportedly earned an €2m salary, according to Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

✤That wasn’t even among the to🌟p 10 earners on the grid.

Vettel would win four c𒐪hampionships inꦯ a row with Red Bull.

The same source estimates that his sa𝓰lary increased to €8m in 2011, €10m in 2012 and €12m in 2013.

In 2014, although꧅ he did not win the world championship, his pay rocketed to €22m, El Mundo reported.

Vettel replaced Fernando Alonso at Fe♕rrari in 2015. His on-track fortunes would dwind🐭le but his bank account fortune would soar.

He was being paid a reported €28m in his Ferrari debut campaign - Vettel ﷽was nℱow the second-highest earner on the F1 grid behind Alonso.

He was ranked by Forbes🐼 as the 18th highest earning athlete in all of sports in 2017.

By 2018, although his luck with Ferrari did not improve, Forbes estimated that he was being paid𒀰 €40m per season.

Th🔥🍌at decreased to €36m in his final campaign with Ferrari.

Vettel opted to take a pay cut to stay in F1 with Aston Martin in 2020 where he reportedly pockets £12.2m (€14.6m), 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果♏历史:making him the joint-fifth top earner of 2022.

That current cont♒ract expires at the end of this season and he opted to retire, rather than sign a new one-year deal, Spanish newspaper AS reported.

Vettel has also shunned many personal endorsements over the year which did not align to the beliefs which h꧃e has beco🐼me so respected for.

He will retire as one🃏 of the most successful drivers of his era - and among the best paid.