TOP 5 HIGHEST EARNING RACE CAR DRIVERS OF 2017!!

F1's Lewis Hamilton tops Forbes' list of top-earning drivers. The Forbes top-100 highest paid athletes of 2017 list are out and five race-car drivers made the cut. Formula 1 drivers with big contracts topped the racing list, here are your tp-five-earning racers: 

1. Lewis Hamilton:  $46 million total earning with  $38 million in salary/winnings and $8 million in endorsements. 

2. Sebastian Vettel: $38.5 million total earning with $38 million in salary/winnings and $500,000 in endorsements.

3. Fernando Alonso: $36 million total earning with $34 million in salary/winnings and $2 million in endorsements. 

4. Jimmie Johnson: $21.8 million total earnings with $16.8 million in salary/winnings and $5 million on endorsements. 

5. Dale Earnhart Jr.: $21.4 million total earnings with $13.4 million in salary/winnings and $8 million on endorsements.

All these drivers are proven veterans of their respective series, but other sports like basketball and football are still far more lucrative, as shown by the list.

Check out what the overall top 10 looks like:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo - $93 million

2. LeBron James - $86.2 million

3. Lionel Messi - $80 million

4. Roger Federer - $64 million

5. Kevin Durant - $60.6 million

6. Andrew Luck - $50 million

7. Rory McIlroy - $50 million

8. Stephen Curry - $47.3 million

9. James Harden - $46.6 million

10. Lewis Hamilton - $46 million