Fabio shocked us all final week by agreeing to voluntary lengthen his Yamaha sentence by one other 2 years. ‘Why would he try this?’ all of us requested.
The reply, predictably, was cash. And lots of it. Yamaha are rumoured to be paying Fab €24 million for 2 years together with substantial beret low cost bonuses for ending remotely close to the highest.
However how a lot is 24 million euros? Let’s discover out with some real-world French examples…
Croissants
At present the common value in France for a croissant from a bakery is €1.40. The worth might, clearly, fluctuate barely concerning how a lot the annoying French baker is up his personal arse and believes he’s the centre of the universe. Nonetheless on the common value of €1.40 portly Fabio may purchase an astonishing 17,142, 855 croissants and nonetheless have sufficient change for a scrumptious foie gras shake.
So, given the affordable assumption that Fabio would wish to devour all of the crescent formed pastries over the course of his 2 years with Yamaha, the Frenchman must eat 23,483 of them per day! Bon Appetit!
Extra Croissants
Okay so perhaps Quartarararo’s eyes may very well be greater than his stomach and as an alternative of consuming all of the croissants what if the Yamaha rider determined to feed his countrymen? How would that fare?
Not very effectively I’m afraid! France eats an astonishing 50 million croissants per week – and that’s not even together with sub-croissant varieties like ache au chocolats or these annoying ones with that worryingly bizarre yellow stuff inside.
In the event you had been to put France’s each day consumed croissants end-to-end the road of flaky pastry goodness would stretch from the highest of the Eiffel Tower, down the Champs-Élysées, across the Paris internal ring street, previous the place Diana croaked it and as much as the Moulin Rouge with nonetheless just a few baskets to spare…most likely.
So sadly Fabio’s 17,142, 855 croissants would solely feed 1.19% of France’s nation for someday…excluding any bulk reductions Quartararararo might receive.
Accordion notes
Like all true Frenchmen Fabio most likely performs the accordion. However what if he was to pay somebody to play it?
Given the affordable assumption that Quartararararo would pay one euro per word meaning a musician would earn a decent 32 euros per verse rendition of Frere Jacques – ignoring any undesirable prospers or gildings.
All because of this Fabio may sit again and revel in 750k verses of France’s favorite accordion tune. Moreover with every verse lasting round 17 seconds meaning the total wonderful rendition would final over 41 days!!
Baths
The conventional French grownup endures 4 baths per yr – recognized in France as ‘Nettoyage Saisonnier’. Due to the nation’s love of nuclear energy a scorching tub there solely prices the ablutophobia struggling locals 0.15 euros. Meaning, staggeringly, that Fabio has sufficient funds to maintain him recent for 40 million years! That’s even longer than Jeremy McWilliams has been racing.
However what if the Yamaha rider wished to unfold his fortune? Effectively if he was to pay for each individual’s tub in his hometown of Good there could be sufficient funds to maintain the odorous locals clear for 116 years! Value kicking up a stink for!
Alain Prost 1993 contracts
Again in 1993 the miniature, bent-nosed F1 driver took out what on the time was probably the most complicated and costly contract recognized to mankind for his Williams drive. It’s rumoured that a complete indigenous tribe within the Brazilian rainforest misplaced their houses because of the deforestation wanted for the paper of Alain’s contract.
Nonetheless that contract, regardless of its complexities, was solely value 5 million euros. Meaning Fabio may purchase 4 of Prost’s 1993 contracts with sufficient spare change to pay for an all-inclusive journey for Alain and his mates to fly to Brazil to pose smiling on the Senna memorial.
