{"id":289454,"date":"2023-09-21T09:34:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T09:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289454"},"modified":"2023-09-21T09:34:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T09:34:45","slug":"max-verstappens-salary-is-over-five-times-that-of-sergio-perez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/max-verstappens-salary-is-over-five-times-that-of-sergio-perez\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen's salary is over FIVE TIMES that of Sergio Perez"},"content":{"rendered":"
Max Verstappen has zoomed away in the Forbes Formula One earnings list just as he’s raced away in this year’s championship.<\/p>\n
A new list of F1 driver salaries has revealed Verstappen’s $55million [\u00a344.65m] salary is over five times that of his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez.<\/p>\n
Having topped both this leaderboard and the championship one for several years, Lewis Hamilton now come a quite distant second to Verstappen with a Mercedes salary of $35m [\u00a328.4m].<\/p>\n
The Forbes list has Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in third with annual earnings of $24m [\u00a319.5m] and Lando Norris of McLaren fourth on $20m [\u00a316.24m].<\/p>\n
Carlos Sainz of Ferrari ranks fifth and only then do we find Perez, whose salary is measured by Forbes at $10m [\u00a38.12m], well short of Verstappen.<\/p>\n
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Max Verstappen’s commanding lead in the Formula One drivers’ championship is reflected in the Forbes F1 salary list with his earnings placed at $55million [\u00a344.65m] a year<\/p>\n
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Verstappen’s salary comes in at over five times that of his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez<\/p>\n
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Lewis Hamilton sits second on the Forbes ranking with a salary at Mercedes of $35million<\/p>\n
Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising given the Dutchman’s commanding lead at the top of the drivers’ championship this year.<\/p>\n
Verstappen, with 12 race wins this season, has 374 points to the 223 of Perez, who won races in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan in the early rounds of the campaign.<\/p>\n
The reigning champion Verstappen since racked up 10 consecutive race wins, breaking Sebastian Vettel’s record, before Sainz claimed victory at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
There’s almost a similar disparity between Mercedes team-mates Hamilton and George Russell, with the younger driver earning $8m [\u00a36.5m], according to Forbes.<\/p>\n
Those lower down the grid generally earn in the $1m-$2m bracket.<\/p>\n
Back in May, Forbes ranked Verstappen as the third highest-paid athlete under the age of 25, with his total income – also taking into account endorsements and bonuses – valued at $64m [\u00a352m].<\/p>\n
He came in behind French footballer Kylian Mbappe, who makes $120m [\u00a397.4m] and NFL player Kyler Murray on $70m [\u00a356.8m].<\/p>\n
The Formula One season moves on to Suzuka in Japan this weekend as Verstappen aims to take another step towards his third consecutive title.<\/p>\n
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George Russell of Mercedes earns $8million a year, according to the Forbes list<\/p>\n
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Carlos Sainz, who won the last F1 race in Singapore, comes in fifth on the salary list<\/p>\n
Source:<\/span> Forbes via Marca\u00a0<\/p>\n Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – $55m<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – $35m<\/p>\n Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – $24m<\/p>\n Lando Norris (McLaren) – $20m<\/p>\n Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) – $12m<\/p>\n Sergio Perez (Red Bull) – $10m<\/p>\n Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) – $10m<\/p>\n George Russell (Mercedes) – $8m<\/p>\n Esteban Ocon (Alpine) – $6m<\/p>\n Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – $5m<\/p>\n Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – $5m<\/p>\n Kevin Magnussen (Haas) – $5m<\/p>\n Alex Albon (Williams) – $3m<\/p>\n Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – $2m<\/p>\n Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) – $2m<\/p>\n Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) – $2m<\/p>\n Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – $2m<\/p>\n Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) – $1m<\/p>\n Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri) – $1m<\/p>\n Logan Sergeant (Williams) – $1m<\/p>\n Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" REVEALED: Max Verstappen’s salary is over FIVE TIMES that of Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez as the Dutch world champion zooms clear of Lewis Hamilton […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n