And four. Max Verstappen won the fourth F1 world championship title of his career in La Vegas. Four which raise him to the level of legends of the discipline, such as Sebastian Vettel or Alain Prost, one title away from the podium of the greatest: Fangio (5), Schumacher and Hamilton (7). At 27, that’s remarkable. Four consecutive titles is even more so. This necessarily has returns on the accounting plan for the Dutchman.
Thus, according to figures from our partner, the BusinessBookGP 2024 reference guide, Max Verstappen is the highest paid driver on the 2024 world championship grid. He earns 72 million euros in fixed salary with his Oracle Red team. Bull Racing Honda, to which are added 20 million euros in bonuses. Since his debut in F1 in 2015, at 17 years and 3 days (another record for precocity), Max Verstappen has accumulated 188.75 million euros in salaries and bonuses.
Nearly €200 million in career for Verstappen and a contract worth more than double in the future
Only his English rival Lewis Hamilton, with his longer career and his track record (so far at least) more extensive, is ahead of him in this exercise at just over half a billion euros cumulatively. For Hamilton like Verstappen, it is less the benefits of extra-sporting. Understand commercial collaborations with sponsors. Associated with Red Bull, Heineken or even EA Sports, this adds 4 to 5 million euros more annually to the benefit of the Batavian champion.
Despite a nervously more complicated season for him, between the internal turmoil of the Red Bull team, the departure of the highly coveted engineer Adrien Newey and a car much less efficient than the previous ones, Max Verstappen will continue the adventure with Red Bull. He signed a record agreement with his team until 2028 estimated at more than 500 million euros.
