Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton for £ 4 million to stay as the highest paid driver online F1 2025: Reports
The Red Bull driver is reported Max Verstappen Once again, he beat Lewis Hamilton on the list of the highest paid drivers on the eve of the 2025 season. The duo are probably two of the most popular drivers in sports and shared some legendary moments and battles with each other on the track.
After winning his first title at the end of the 2021 season, the Dutch driver signed a long -term contract with the Austrian team. They will be racing for them by the end of the 2028 season, and his annual salary, after the bonus, will reach $ 80 million.
As he reported Sundespite the association Ferrari In 2025 and receiving a salary rush, Hamilton will remain behind Verstappen as far as the list of the highest paid drivers for the season. The seven -time World F1 champion follows his Archival with only £ 4m, as this year he will earn around £ 48 million with the Italian team compared to Verstappen’s £ 52 million.
The couple has a significant gap Charles Leclercsitting in third place on the list. Leclerc will earn £ 27 million in 2025, almost half compared to the ruling F1 world champion. Former double world champion Fernando Alonso And McLaren’s Lando Norris shares the P4 slot with an annual salary of £ 16m for the upcoming season.
Max Verstappen and Christian Horner cleans the air on Aston Martin’s offer in the amount of $ 1 billion
While responding to Aston Martin’s offer of one billion dollars, the Red Bull driver Max Verstappen confirmed that he had talked to the British brand for a potential contract, but not for the place of F1.
While the clothing based in Silverstone denied that there was any offer of $ 1 billion, here’s what the 27-year-old said while talking to the media (by the way Planetf1):
“There is a lot of money! Honestly, when I first read it, I saw something like that, the only contact I had with them was about GT3 for this year. That’s it. There is not much to say, because there is nothing! “
The Red Bull Tim Director Christian Horner also remained a bit astonished due to the amount and added:
“I know you all had a column of inches to fill in the winter, but the driver billion dollars …? That’s the eye of the big amount of money. I think Max is very happy in the environment in which he entered. He grew up on the team.
“He has a great relationship with the team, engineers, technicians and everyone he works with. It is with us all to give a competitive car and continue to give him a platform to achieve the results he has been over for the last 10 years.”
Last year, there were rumors that Max Verstappen linked to Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton, but the Dutch driver remained with a Red Bull and mentioned that he would honor the contract with them.
