We have updated our Formula 1 Driver Salary Statistics table with the latest word-on-the-street estimates.<\/p>\n
These 2027 projections are market-informed estimates only and will be refined as more contract details emerge.<\/p>\n
\u2013by Mark Cipolloni\u2013<\/p>\n
The salaries generally align with driver talent, but there are some discrepancies.\u00a0 The best driver, Max Verstappen, earns the highest salary.\u00a0 However, Kimi Antonelli making less than George Russell is an example of a discrepancy after Antonelli mopped the floor with Russell this year. However, Russell has had some bad luck, and one year doesn\u2019t yet cement Antonelli as one of the greats.<\/p>\n
All amounts shown in US Dollars (USD).<\/p>\n
2026 & Projected 2027 F1 Driver Base Salaries<\/p>\n
Team
\nDriver
\n2026 Base
\n2027 Base (Projected)
\nNotes<\/p>\n
Red Bull
\nMax Verstappen
\n$70M
\n~$100\u2013105M
\n2026 on prior terms. New deal (widely reported ~$100M \/ \u20ac92M) starts 2027.<\/p>\n
Isack Hadjar
\n$5M
\n$5\u20137.5M
\nThrough 2027.<\/p>\n
Ferrari
\nCharles Leclerc
\n$34M
\n$34M+
\nLong-term deal.<\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton
\n$60M
\n$60M
\nThrough 2027*.<\/p>\n
Mercedes
\nGeorge Russell
\n$34M
\n$34M
\nThrough 2027.<\/p>\n
Kimi Antonelli
\n$2\u20133.4M
\n~$20M (est.)
\nLeading championship. Current deal low; projected big rise to retain him. Ferrari would love to sign Italian Antonelli to replace old man Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n
McLaren
\nLando Norris
\n$30M
\n$30M+
\nExtended to 2030*.<\/p>\n
Oscar Piastri
\n$13M
\n$13M+
\nThrough 2028*.<\/p>\n
Aston Martin
\nFernando Alonso
\n$20\u201324M
\n>$40M
\n2027 deal reported as career-high.<\/p>\n
Lance Stroll
\n$12M
\n$12\u201315M
\nThrough 2027.<\/p>\n
Williams
\nCarlos Sainz
\n$13M
\n$13M
\nThrough 2028.<\/p>\n
Alex Albon
\n$12M
\n$12M
\nThrough 2027.<\/p>\n
Alpine
\nPierre Gasly
\n$12M
\n$12M+
\nSome sources are higher (~$18M).<\/p>\n
Franco Colapinto
\n$0.5\u20131M
\n$0.5\u20131M+
\nThrough 2027.<\/p>\n
Audi
\nNico H\u00fclkenberg
\n$7M
\n$7M
\n\u2014<\/p>\n
Gabriel Bortoleto
\n$2M
\n$2M+
\n\u2014<\/p>\n
Haas
\nEsteban Ocon
\n$7M
\n\u2014
\nLeaving end of 2026.<\/p>\n
Rafael Camara
\n\u2014
\n$1\u20132M (est.)
\nF1 debut 2027 (replacing Ocon).<\/p>\n
Oliver Bearman
\n$1M
\n$5M (est.)
\nLikely retained.<\/p>\n
Racing Bulls
\nLiam Lawson
\n$1M
\n$5M (est.)
\nLikely retained.<\/p>\n
Arvid Lindblad
\n$0.5\u20131M
\n$3M (est.)
\nLikely retained.<\/p>\n
Cadillac
\nSergio P\u00e9rez
\n$8\u201310M
\n$8\u201310M
\nMulti-year.<\/p>\n
Valtteri Bottas
\n$5M
\n$5M
\nMulti-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have updated our Formula 1 Driver Salary Statistics table with the latest word-on-the-street estimates. These 2027 projections…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-936406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}