Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari: the ultimate fantasy of 21st century F1 is about to take shape from the 2025 season. Coming out of the last three years of hardship with Mercedes-AMG, the seven-time world champion arrives in Maranello with the ambition to restore its star and bring the world title back to Italy. Objectives worthy of the staggering salary he will receive…
Lewis Hamilton: crazy salary at Ferrari!
Among the highest paid drivers in the history of motor racing, although Max Verstappen's salary expectations have been revised upwards, Lewis Hamilton could well explode all the meters by joining the ranks of the Scuderia.
According to estimates published by Forbes, the salary of the multiple F1 world champion would increase by a few million thanks to his time with the Reds. According to the magazine, his contract would amount to 120 million euros over two years, with an option to extend until 2027.
Paid in 2024 to the tune of 55 million dollars by the Brackley team (or a little more than 52 million euros), Hamilton would therefore receive an annual salary estimated at 60 million dollars (57 million euros).
Do we need to specify that these numerical estimates only concern salary? Because the native of Stevenage also receives significant performance bonuses and other bonuses from his personal partnerships for an annual windfall of around 100 million euros!
F1 salaries 2024: who earns the most in F1?
These emoluments, at the complex structure et not subject to the budgetary ceilingare generally composed of a base salary to which are added performance-related bonuses.
These depend on several factors such as race classification, championship position, possible victories or podiums.
As in 2023, Max Verstappen comes to the top of the ranking of the highest paid drivers on the Formula 1 grid. How ? Besides a annual salary estimated around 60 million of dollars, the new quadruple world champion would enjoy a bonus of 15 million.
On the second step of the podium, we find again Lewis Hamiltonfrom the top of his 55 million dollars salary, garnished with two million bonuses. A figure far from the bonuses of Lando Norrisaround the… 23 millionsor the highest on the grid!
Enough to allow the English driver, crowned for the first time in his career vice-champion you moone, to climb on the podium in front Fernando Alonso et Charles Leclerc. Find the complete ranking of the highest paid F1 drivers for the 2024 season.
