These became the highest paid F-1 drivers in 2024

2024 closed the chapter and F1 drivers have already received their full emoluments. And for the third year in a row the highest paid driver on the grid has been its champion, Max Verstappenwhich widened the margin with respect to second, the most successful driver on the grid, Lewis Hamilton. According to the list of the special magazine Forbes, the two Spanish pilots Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz They remained in the top-10 of the best paid.

Max Verstappen

Red Bull

For the third consecutive year, the highest paid driver on the grid is its champion, Max Verstappen, who closes 2024 with earnings estimated at around 73 million euros, including a record salary of around around 58 million euros plus another 14.5 million in performance bonuses.

2

Lewis Hamilton

mercedes

Although his last world title run came in 2020 and Mercedes is no longer the reference car, Lewis Hamilton is the most successful driver on the grid and at 40 years old is still a driver with plenty of cachet as evidenced by his signing with Ferrari. He earns 17.5 million less than Verstappen, but his salary has become 53.5 million euros with another two bonuses.

3

Lando Norris

McLaren

The Briton has never been so close to the world title that he lost out to Verstappen by his own demerit when his McLaren was giving Red Bull a hundred laps. But he became the third highest paid driver on the grid at 25 years old, with 34 million euros, 22.3 of them received in the form of bonuses, the rest is his salary, last year he was sixth.

4

Fernando Alonso

Aston Martin

At 43 years old, the two-time world champion continues to be a reference in F-1, one of its most popular drivers and the third highest paid on the grid after Verstappen and Hamilton, the other F1 champions . He earned almost 27 million euros this season, 23.3 of which is his salary and the rest are bonuses in a complex campaign for Aston Martin after a great 2023.

5

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

The third place in the drivers’ world championship, 18 points behind the second, earned 26.2 million euros that was equally divided between salary (14.5 million) and bonus (about 11.7). That amount is expected to increase after its renewal.

6

George Russell

mercedes

His salary is the same as Charles Leclerc ($15 million, three more than his compatriot Norris), but his performance bonuses ($8 million) leave him the sixth highest paid with 22.3 million euros.

7

Oscar Piastri

McLaren

Like his teammate Norris, thanks to the season, the McLaren drivers increased their earnings significantly in 2024. The 23-year-old driver has a salary of only 4.8 million euros, but the 16.5 million bonuses made him the seventh highest paid. with 21.3 million.

8

Czech Perez

Red Bull

At 34 years old, the Mexican, who lost his place for 2025 at the hands of Liam Lawson, leaves F-1 as the eighth highest paid in 2024 with around 19 million euros, 11.6 of which correspond on his salary.

9

Carlos Sainz

Ferrari

Carlos Sainz earned 18.5 million euros in his last season at Ferrari where he finished in the top-5. And well distributed between salary and bonus: 9.7 million salary and 8.8 million bonus for results.

10

Pierre Gasly

Alpine

The Frenchman, who finished on the podium at the Brazilian GP, ​​closed the top-10 of the highest payments with 11.6 million euros, 9.7 in salary and 1.9 in bonus.