The top 10 highest-paid F1 drivers of 2024

Here are the top 10 biggest ea꧂rners on the 2024 Formula 1 grid

Verstappen, Hamilton, Norris
Verstappen, Hamilton, Norris

Here are the top 10 reported salaries of the 2024 F🔜1 dri🔯vers.

  1. Max Verstappen - $55m
  2. Lewis Hamilton - $45m
  3. Charles Leclerc - $34m
  4. Lando Norris - $20m
  5. George Russell - $18m
  6. Fernando Alonso - $18m
  7. Sergio Perez - $14m
  8. Carlos Sainz - $12m
  9. Valtteri Bottas - $10m
  10. Daniel Ricciardo - $7m

Figures reported by sports-business platform .

F1 salarie🌜s, paid by the teams, will not factor in other income earned off-track.

Lewis Hamilton 🐟banked an extra $12m in the period May 1, 2023, to May 1, 2024 from estimated sponsorship deals, appearance fees, memorabilia and licensing, according to Forbes.

Max Vers𝔉tappen only earned an extra $5m in the same time-frame, Forbes added.

Verstappen was the 17th highes🌄t-earning athlete of 2024, and Hamilton was 21st, the s𓄧ame report claimed.

Hamilton's annual income wi🦹ll increase further next year when he🐎 joins Ferrari.

Ferrari will pay Hamilton £43m per ♔season, Gazze𝐆tta reported.

All F1 drivers can earn more money via bonuseꦅs for race wiꦆns, performances, and championships.

F1 driver s♛alaries are exempt from the F1 cost cap. The two drivers and three highest-paid members of staff do not count under the annual budget. They instead are factored into annual spending limits.

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