Formula1 2025 Season: The 2025 season of Formula1 started with a big bang in March, with McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri leading the grids so far, keeping 2024 winner Max Verstappen at third rank. On April 13, the Australian-origin driver Piastri, dominated Bahrain Grand Prix, taking a sublime victory. The F1 drivers will travel in various countries, showcasing commendable driving skills and rivalling the 2025 trophy. That being said, who is the highest-paid F1 driver?
F1: Bahrain Grand Prix:
The Bahrain Grand Prix is the fourth battleground for the F1 2025 season.
On April 13, Oscar Piastri became the first multiple-race winner of the 2025 season by taking a sublime victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Australian driver putting in a cool and collected drive to seal P1 on his 50th start in F1 as well as marking McLaren's first triumph in Sakhir, as per Formula1 statement.
The 24-year-old driver was joined by Mercedes' George Russel at the second, and his companion Lando Norris at the third on the podium. Surprisingly, it was a good race for Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc who settled for fourth position, and seven-time F1 champion, Louis Hamilton at the fifth rank.
However. the 2024 winner Max Verstappen settled at the sixth position, which eventually pushed him a rank down to third from second.
F1 Drivers Standing:
After the April 13th race, Norris continues to hold the leader position with 77 points, while the Bahrain Grand Prix winner Piastri is at second rank with 74 points. A touch and neck-to-neck competition can be expected from both the McLaren drivers. After the latest race, Verstappen is currently at third rank with 69. The Dutch driver's position faces threat from Mercedes Russel who is tailing behind at fourth with 63 points.
There is a huge gap in points between fourth and fifth ranks. At 5th position, Ferrari's Leclerc holds 32 points. Surprisingly, Hamilton is in seventh rank with 25 points. At the sixth rank is Kimi Antonelli, a Mercedes junior, with 30 points.
Furthermore, Williams Racing driver Alexander Albon is at eighth rank with 18 points, followed by HaasF1 driver Esteban Ocon at ninth with 14 points, and Lance Stroll of Aston Martin at tenth rank with 10 points.
Currently, the McLarens are ruling the 2025 season. However, there is a long way to go to see the real winner of the current season.
Formula1 2025 Season Details:
This year, F1 kicked off with the Australian Grand Prix on March 16. So far, the drivers have faced four Grand Prix. The Chinese and Japanese Grand Prix took place on March 23 and April 6, followed by Bahrain on April 13. The next race is in Saudi Arabia on April 20. The season will end on December 7, with the final grand prix in Abu Dhabi.
Who Is Highest Paid Formula 1 Driver?
According to the Racing News365 report, the Dutchman, Verstappen is the highest paid F1 driver, with approximately around $65 million. While Hamilton follows with approximately $60 million in his base salary. Verstappen is three time F1 champion, a title that he bagged after dethroning and halting the back-to-back wins of Hamilton from 2014-2020. Hamilton's first F1 trophy was in 2008. Meanwhile, the Dutch driver has won for three consecutive years from 2021-24.
Verstappen is currently said to be the face of F1, because of his sensational performance in the past three years. His consistent hunger for win, took Red Bull in the lead against top engines of Mercedes and Ferrari.
Verstappen currently holds the title of the youngest point scorer and also the youngest race winner - at the age of 18 years and 228 days - with an opportunistic but controlled drive on debut for Red Bull in Barcelona 2016. A true wheel-to-wheel racer, another stunning drive in Brazil from the back of the pack to the podium on a treacherous wet track kept the plaudits coming, as per F1.
Moreover, Hamilton's current partner Leclerc is at the third position with likely $34 million base salary under Ferrari.
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