Formula 1’s Highest-Paid Drivers 2023

Virtually unbeatable on the racetrack, Max Verstappen is top of the paycheck podium as well, leading a group of 10 drivers who collectively made $258 million this year.By Brett Knight, Forbes Staff Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen just completed the most dominant season in Formula 1 history, claiming a record 19 race victories (in 22 races) and sewing up the drivers’ title back on October 7. No surprise, then, that he’s the series’ financial champion as well, with an estimated $70 million in salary and bonus this year to lead all F1 drivers.The 26-year-old Verstappen captures the top spot for the second straight season, ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who made an estimated $55 million on the track in 2023 and has spent a decade as the series’ highest-paid star in Forbes’ annual athletes earnings ranking.In all, the 10 highest-paid drivers in F1 collected an estimated $258 million in 2023 before taxes, a slight dip from 2022’s $264 million.Unlike Forbes’ earnings lists for, say, socc...