Pierre Gasly is one of the 10 highest paid drivers in 2024 by their team according to information from Forbes magazine. But how much did he receive in total over the past year? Answer in the rest of this article.
In 2024, Pierre Gasly received a total of 12 million dollars. This includes his fixed salary, 10 million dollarset his bonuses, 2 million dollars. If he occupies the 10th position in salaries, it is very much the sums paid to Carlos Sainz, 9th in this ranking or even Sergio Perez at Red Bull or Oscar Piastri at McLaren. Scuderia Ferrari paid $19 million to the Spanish driver when the Austrian team paid $19.5 million to its now former driver and $22 million for the Australian driver.
What will his salary be in 2025?
Pierre Gasly having extended his contract until 2026 at least we can imagine that his fixed salary increased and that his bonuses will be higher in 2025. Indeed, the performance of his Alpine was clearly improving at the end of the season. To the point of securing a 3rd place in Brazil, a 3rd place on the starting grid in Las Vegas and a 5th place in the race in Abu Dhabi during the last Grand Prix of the championship. Moreover, Flavio Briatore, the new strong man of Alpine F1 since the summer, confirmed that the improvements to the single-seater at the end of 2024 were used to prepare for 2025:
“We didn’t just correct the mistakes for 2024, we have already developed the single-seater for 2025. We improved the car by almost half a second per lap”.
The praises of Flavio Briatore
Moreover, the former boss of Benetton and Renault praised the qualities and progress of Pierre Gasly during the season:
“Pierre did an extraordinary job. He surprised me a lot this year. This is truly OUR pilot. I really thank him. He has completely changed his attitude this season. He has never had an accident. If we managed to be 6th it’s thanks to him. I am sure that Pierre will continue his great work“.
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