And this is nothing less than a salary ranking. The Red Bull Racing superstar rounds out a massive peloton, but there are other interesting things to look at when analyzing the list.
The salary information is not public, having been obtained by a Dutch newspaper with the help of its own informants. It shows that while the top five are normally the ones who earn the most, as you scroll down the list, some oddities emerge. For example, it is a mystery how Sergio Perez, who has been performing terribly, can surpass Carlos Sainz, but Oscar Piastri's 13th place, who has won several podiums in 2023 and has been performing exceptionally well, is also shocking. Perhaps only Alexander Albon's 15th place and Yuki Tsunoda's penultimate position are more surprising...
Amounts in dollars and millions of dollars
1. Max Verstappen / Red Bull - 55
2. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes - 45
3. Charles Leclerc / Scuderia Ferrari - 34
4. Lando Norris / McLaren - 20
5. George Russell / Mercedes - 18
6. Fernando Alonso / Aston Martin - 18
7. Sergio Perez / Red Bull - 14
8. Carlos Sainz / Ferrari - 12
9. Valtteri Bottas / Stake - 10
10. Daniel Ricciardo / Visa Cash App RB - 7
11. Esteban Ocon / Alpine - 6
12. Pierre Gasly / Alpine - 6
13. Oscar Piastri / McLaren - 6
14. Kevin Magnussen / Haas - 5
15 Alexander Albon / Williams - 3
16th Lance Stroll / Aston Martin - 3rd
17. Nico Hülkenberg / Haas - 2
18th Guanyu Zhou / Stake - 2
19 Yuki Tsunoda / Visa Cash App RB - 1
20th Logan Sargeant / Williams - 1st
If only to reaffirm an old truth: in Formula 1, results and productivity are not always what matter. And, unfortunately, increasingly they don't.
