{"id":340694,"date":"2025-12-11T02:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/340694\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T02:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:00:12","slug":"oscar-piastri-missed-out-on-the-f1-title-a-56-million-payday-might-soften-the-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/340694\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri missed out on the F1 title. A $56 million payday might soften the blow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Piastri was dejected after narrowly missing out on his first Formula 1 drivers championship, but his disappointment would have been softened a little by a stunning bonus that will make the Australian one of the sport\u2019s highest earners.<\/p>\n

According to the Forbes<\/a> rich list, Piastri will earn $56 million in 2025 thanks to a $41 million bonus that will be added to his $15 million salary. The total figure will make him the fourth-highest paid driver in F1 behind McLaren teammate Lando Norris, Ferrari\u2019s Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing\u2019s Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n

Despite having his best year in Formula 1, Piastri ultimately finished 13 points behind England\u2019s Norris, who sealed his first title in Abu Dhabi on Monday (AEDT).<\/p>\n

The Melbourne-born Piastri led the title race for 15 rounds, enjoying a 34-point margin over his rivals at one stage. But his seven race wins and 15 podiums were not enough.<\/p>\n

In March, Piastri signed a multi-year deal to stay with McLaren, establishing himself as one of Australia\u2019s highest earning athletes.<\/p>\n

Fellow Aussie Josh Giddey recently signed a $150 million, four-year deal<\/a> with the Chicago Bulls, alongside endorsements with a host of companies, including Puma.<\/p>\n

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It wasn\u2019t all bad news for Oscar Piastri in 2025.Credit: AP<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata reportedly earns $33 million a season, while NBA stars Josh Green and Matisse Thybulle are earning $21.1 million and $17.9 million, respectively. LIV golf star Cameron Smith was paid a nine-figure amount to sign with the breakaway competition, with the number of years of his contract unknown.<\/a><\/p>\n

As well as his success on the track and financially, Piastri, 24, is also third in the marketability stakes, behind Australia cricket captain Pat Cummins and former Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, according to data from sports and entertainment consultancy firm Gemba.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri was dejected after narrowly missing out on his first Formula 1 drivers championship, but his disappointment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-340694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}