According to Forbes, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen leads the highest-paid drivers list for the third year running. After winning the 2024 Driver’s championship at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, he cemented his name amongst other greats in the pinnacle of motorsport like Juan Manuel Fangio, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton (all with four or more titles).

Max Verstappen leads the highest-paid drivers list

In the 2024 season, Max Verstappen earned a whopping $75 million. The total includes a record-breaking $60 million salary and the remaining $15 million was in bonuses according to his performances.

The Forbes article mentioned that Max Verstappen was $15 million ahead of his rival, Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton got around $55 million in salary and another $2 million in bonus. McLaren’s Lando Norris saw himself third on the list with $35 million.

Max Verstappen talks about his future

In the 2024 season, Max Verstappen won seven of the first 10 races but then had to wait till the Las Vegas Grand Prix to clinch his fourth F1 title. He also became the youngest driver to reach 200 career races while he talked about his future.

At the moment, I have a contract until [2028]. I’ll be thirty-one years old at the end of it. Of course that is still very young, but of course I started when I was seventeen. That’s a long time in Formula 1, Max Verstappen told Road & Track.

For me, it also depends on how the new cars will be to drive from ’26 onwards. Are they enjoyable to drive? The number of races, how much you’re away from home, it’s demanding. It doesn’t matter if you’re very successful or not, for me, that doesn’t matter. Of course, we’ve won already a lot in Formula 1, Max Verstappen added.

Max Verstappen won his fourth F1 title following his ninth win of the 2024 season at the Qatar Grand Prix. He will have a new teammate in the form of 22-year-old Liam Lawson, who replaced Sergio Perez.