Car UK May 2019

MERCEDES

£371m

Unbelievable sums to get

two cars on the grid 21

times. More than £132m

came from Liberty; budget

cap, anyone?

MCLAREN

£166m

The fourth biggest

budget in F1, yet

McLaren scored half

the number of points of

fourth-placed Renault.

2018 prompted a return

to the drawing board...

RED BULL RACING

£250m

The team will tell you ‘it’s all

about the can’, yet only one

fifth of the team’s budget

came from Red Bull in 2018.

That’s because they have

lots of outside sponsors

now, such as Aston Martin.

FERRARI

£340m

F1’s most historic team got

more cash from owners

Liberty (£144m) than

anyone else, but they still

managed to spend less than

Mercedes.

LEWIS

HAMILTON

MERCEDES

£38m

Insider

SEBASTIAN

VETTEL

FERRARI

£30m

MAX

VERSTAPPEN

RED BULL

£15m

DANIEL

RICCIARDO

RENAULT

£15m

NICO

HULKENBERG

RENAULT

£4.5m

KIMI

RAIKKONEN

ALFA ROMEO

£4.5m

PIERRE

G A S LY

RED BULL

£3.8m

CHARLES

LECLERC

FERRARI

£3.8m

SERGIO
PEREZ
RACING POINT
£3m

BRIDESMAID AGAIN

With Fernando Alonso gone

from the sport, Vettel is now

F1’s second-highest earner.

Team-mate Charles Leclerc

gets £3.8m. Peanuts, but

a big hike over last year.

MA X VALUE

Big bucks, but worth every

penny if you’re Red Bull. As

quick as anyone, and just

waiting for a car that can

challenge Ferrari and Merc.

KING LEWIS

New, mega-lucrative two-

year contract for the five-time

champ. Endorsements on

top, too, and he gets to keep

the lot because he doesn’t

have a manager taking a cut.

RENAULT’S BIG PLAY

Compared to Red Bull, this

is a significant salary hike for

the Aussie. Mind you, Renault

offers a smaller points bonus

than his previous employers,

so swings and roundabouts.

VALTTERI

BOTTAS

MERCEDES

£6m

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