{"id":11532,"date":"2022-02-24T17:07:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T16:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1591241"},"modified":"2022-02-24T17:07:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T16:07:04","slug":"f1-salaries-2022-who-is-the-highest-paid-f1-driver","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/f1-salaries-2022-who-is-the-highest-paid-f1-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 salaries 2022: Who is the highest paid F1 driver?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Michael Potts\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 24 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Formula 1 is big business. The racing championship is the pinnacle of motorsport racing and the sport has enjoyed rapid growth over the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>Smash-hit documentary series <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/formula-1\/formula-1-drive-to-survive-season-4-release-date\/&quot;\">Formula 1: Drive to Survive<\/a> has played a key role in bringing F1 to a wider audience, bringing in greater attendances at races, greater audiences watching on TV and, ultimately, greater revenue being generated.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are earning more money than ever from Formula 1, with one driver earning a staggering $40 million per year annual salary.<\/p>\n<p>Teams generally prefer to keep their driver salaries private and don\u2019t confirm specific figures, but approximations have been made for the grid in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The salaries listed below are estimates, based on a variety of sources, but we will update this piece if fresh information is confirmed surrounding each driver\u2019s annual pay packet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you the full round-up of estimated F1 salaries for 2022.<\/p> <h2><strong>F1 salaries 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Estimated figures based on reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol><li>Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) \u2013 $40 million (until 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Max Verstappen (Red Bull) \u2013 $25 million (until 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Fernando Alonso (Alpine) \u2013 $20 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) \u2013 $15 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) \u2013 $15 million (until 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) \u2013 $12 million (until 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) \u2013 $10 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) \u2013 $10 million (until 2025)<\/li>\n<li>Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) \u2013 $10 million (rolling)<\/li>\n<li>Sergio Perez (Red Bull) \u2013 $8 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>George Russell (Mercedes) \u2013 $5 million (until 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Lando Norris (McLaren) \u2013 $5 million (until 2025)<\/li>\n<li>Esteban Ocon (Alpine) \u2013 $5 million (until 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) \u2013 $5 million (until 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Albon (Williams) \u2013 $2 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) \u2013 $1 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Mick Schumacher (Haas) \u2013 $1 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Nikita Mazepin (Haas) \u2013 $1 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Latifi (Williams) \u2013 $1 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<li>Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) \u2013 $0.75 million (until 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><strong>If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;\/tv\/sport\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sport<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong><strong>isten to the\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Potts Published: Thursday, 24 February 2022 at 12:00 am Formula 1 is big business. The racing championship is the pinnacle of motorsport racing and the sport has enjoyed rapid growth over the last few years. 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