Max Verstappen Tops F1 Drivers in Salary Race with $76-M

Lando Norris may have won the Formula 1 drivers’ championship on Sunday, but the 26-year-old Englishman finished just third in F1’s financial race, with an estimated $57.5 million in total on-track compensation this season, Forbes Daily reported.

Formula 1’s 10 highest-paid drivers raked in an estimated $363 million on the track this season. (Photo: Max Verstappen Facebook)

Ahead of Norris is seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, who set a series record with a salary Forbes estimates at $70 million, plus an estimated $500,000 in bonuses in his first season with Ferrari after 12 hugely successful years with Mercedes.

But it is Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who once again led the F1 pack, with estimated total compensation of $76 million.

The 28-year-old Dutch superstar has now held the on-track earnings crown for four straight seasons.

Formula 1’s 10 highest-paid drivers raked in an estimated $363 million on the track this season — a 15 percent increase from $317 million in 2024 and a remarkable 72 percent jump since Forbes first began publishing the ranking in 2021.