Given the rich history and glamour around the sport, it's not surprising that F1 drivers get paid a lot. In fact, they're one of the highest-paying athetes in the world, when compared to other sports. In a bid to cut costs and make the sport more accessible, the organising body of F1 has mandated that teams have a spending cap. Although, this hasn't yet (as of 2022, anyway) impacted driver salaries. The mandate $145-million cap is more for performance, engineering, and research costs. Thus, teams have been paying out higher than ever to retain their top talent. For example, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are paid around $40-million and $43-million, respectively. Most other top and experienced F1 drivers are paid around $10-million to $15-million. Some of them include Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo, Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, and so on.