The 2025 System One season is scheduled to start subsequent month, with Australia to host the primary Grand Prix of the brand new marketing campaign. Max Verstappen reigned supreme final season as he bagged his fourth Drivers’ Championship title in a row, getting previous a late problem from McLaren driver Lando Norris.
Pink Bull Racing’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen in motion.(AFP)
However forward of the brand new season, Verstappen is aware of that he’ll face stiff competitors from Lewis Hamilton, who moved to Ferrari.
How a lot are F1 drivers incomes?
Going into the brand new season, Verstappen earns round 65 million {dollars} roughly, and Hamilton reportedly earns 60 million {dollars}. In the meantime, Charles Leclerc is third within the listing, and receives roughly 34 million {dollars} and has Hamilton as his new teammate.
Fernando Alonso and Lando Norris acquired 20 million {dollars} per yr, and each have a contract until 2026. Mercedes’ George Russell makes a large sum of 15 million {dollars} per season, and Williams’ Carlso Sainz will get 10 million {dollars} till 2027, each season. Additionally, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and his teammate Alex Albon obtain 8 million {dollars} per yr.
Additionally, Nico Hulkenberg, Esteban Ocon are on 7 million {dollars} per yr, and Oscar Piastri will get six million {dollars} each season. Then again, Lance Stroll earns 3 million {dollars} and Yuki Tsunoda will get 2 million {dollars}. Additionally, Verstappen’s new teammate Liam Lawson is making 1 million per yr.
In the meantime, Bernie Ecclestone feels Hamilton gained’t final lengthy in Ferrari. Talking to The Telegraph, he stated, “I don’t think Lewis will get the same attention at Ferrari.”
“Firstly, the team are happy with Charles Leclerc, his team-mate. Leclerc speaks their language, so they’ll be looking after him. Even if Lewis does well, there’ll still be a lot of enemies, because he has suddenly arrived. I have my theory about this. It’s not the age with drivers, it’s how long they have been doing the same thing. I have thought with Lewis, ‘He’s getting tired. He has lost motivation.’ If he had never won a world championship, it might be different, because then there would be an incentive to win one. But he has won seven.”