Revealed: F1's 10 highest-paid drivers in 2023 including Lewis Hamilton's new contract

Max Verstappen unsurprisingly took home the most money from his dominant F1 2023 season but Lewis Hamilton wasn't far behind.
The podium (L to R): Fernando A
The podium (L to R): Fernando A

Top 10 driver paydays in 2023

  1. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen - $70m (salary $45m, bonuses $25m)
  2. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton - $55m (salary $55m, bonuses $0)
  3. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso - $34m (salary $24m, bonuses $10m)
  4. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez - $26m (salary $10m, bonuses $16m)
  5. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc - $19m (salary $14m, bonuses $5m)
  6. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris - $15m (salary $5m, bonuses $10m)
  7. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz - $14m (salary $8m, bonuses $6m)
  8. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell - $9m (salary $4m, bonuses $5m)
  9. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly - $8m (salary $5m, bonuses $3m)
  10. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri - $8m (salary $3m, bonuses $5m)

These figures were reported by at the conclusion of Verstappen's thir꧃d championship-winning season in a row.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 driver salaries plus bonuses from their teams are not their only earnings (they also pocket money through sponsorships and marketing activities) but these numbers are e𓃲stimated solely on t🌠heir on-track earnings.

The top 10 drivers raked i🐭n $258m combined this year, a reduction from $264 in 2022.

Verstap🦩pen's huge bonuses, having won 19 grands prix♐, made a huge difference.

But Hamilton is reportedly on a bigger base salary than Verstappen. Although he didn't claim a penny in bonuses aღfter a second winless year.

Verstappen can probably hope for a raise from Red Bull after his record-breaking year, while Hamilton penned a new contract with M💝ercedes midway through 2023.

“Clearly that is a big differentiator today, that big teams can just offer much bigger salari💙es to drivers,” Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told Forbes.

Haas’ Guenther Steiner added: “Once the cost cap starts to work even better than now, and I’m saying it’s already𒉰 working good now, the driver will have more of an impact again.

“And obಞviously the price for the drivers wil✨l go up.”

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