How much do Formula 1 drivers earn: the 2025 salary rankings with Verstappen and Hamilton clearly outpacing everyone else in terms of salaries.
Formula 1 Salaries 2025, here’s how much the drivers earn in the world championship that, after 24 races, will see its epilogue on December 7 in the United Arab Emirates.
If you think that the salaries of footballers or basket players are pharaonic, then you’ve probably never taken a look at the earnings of the Formula 1 aces.
However, it should be noted that, unlike the world of football, in Formula 1 the drivers’ salaries are not disclosed by the teams, even if the unofficial figures have been circulating for some time.
According to the figures circulating online, the highest paid driver in Formula 1 is Max Verstappen, with the reigning world champion who has now reportedly been approached by Lewis Hamilton, who has just arrived at Ferrari.
Let’s see in detail how much do the drivers of the 2025 Formula 1 world championship earn, taking a look at what their salaries are.
Formula 1 Salaries 2025
As mentioned in the world of Formula 1 the contracts that bind the drivers to the various teams are much less known. The amount of the salaries have in the end leaked out.
Here is the 2025 salary ranking of Formula 1 drivers.
| Driver | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | Red Bull | $ 65,000,000 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | $ 60,000,000 |
| Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | $34,000,000 |
| Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | $20,000,000 |
| Lando Norris | McLaren | $20,000,000 |
| George Russell | Mercedes | $15,000,000 |
| Carlos Sainz | Williams | $10,000,000 |
| Pierre Gasly | Alpine | $10,000,000 |
| Alexander Albon | Williams | $8,000,000 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | $7,000,000 |
| Esteban Ocon | Haas | $7,000,000 |
| Oscar Piastri | McLaren | $6,000,000 |
| Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | $3,000,000 |
| Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | $2,000,000 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls | $2,000,000 |
| Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | $2,000,000 |
| Oliver Bearman | Haas | $1,000,000 |
| Liam Lawson | Red Bull | $1,000,000 |
| Jack Doohan | Alpine | $500,000 |
| Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | $500,000 |
Source Fuoripista
Thanks to the renewal signed in 2022, Max Verstappen has long since overtaken Lewis Hamilton in the ranking of Formula 1 drivers’ salaries, but as previously mentioned, the contracts are not public and are often much more complex than one might imagine.
How much does a winner of F1 earn
In addition to guaranteeing generous salaries to the drivers, Formula 1 also guarantees a substantial prize pool to the teams, called upon to sustain huge economic efforts during the season.
This is a cake estimated at around a billion dollars - half of Formula 1’s revenue -, which is divided between the teams based on their final placement in the constructors’ ranking.
- First place - 140 million
- Second place - 131 million
- Third place - 122 million
- Fourth place - 113 million
- Fifth place - 104 million
- Sixth place - 95 million
- Seventh place - 87 million
- Eighth place - 78 million
- Ninth place - 69 million
- Tenth place - 60 million
The team that wins the constructors’ world championship thus gets 14% of the total prize money, while the tenth gets 6%. A difference that has been reduced in recent years since the range was previously wider. It should be remembered that these are estimates since no official data has been made public.
Original article published on Money.it Italy. Original title: Stipendi F1, gli ingaggi dei piloti del mondiale 2025
