1. Valentino Rossi ($12 million)
Valentino Rossi has been racing for his entire life. He first started his professional racing career in the 125 cc class over two decades ago. Since then, he has won the World Championship title for nine times.
Born in 1979, Vale is 37 years old now. But it doesn’t stop him from being the man to beat on the race track in MotoGP. Even though it has been seven years since the last time he clinched the world title, he is still very much capable of being the fastest and winning a race.
Vale won the world champion title of 125 cc class in 1997. The he won the 250 cc class title in 1999. He moved up to 500 cc class to win the title in 2001. He achieved all of those on his second year debut in each class. After that, Vale clinched the MotoGP title for five times.
There are more interesting facts in the MotoGP legend’s life you may not know about. Take a look at this article, What You Need to Know about Valentino Rossi, to find out more!
