Pictured above: Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.Red Bull’s young champion is unbeatable at the bank, too, with an estimated $60 million in salary and bonus this year.Max Verstappen already passed Lewis Hamilton on the track, winning last season’s Formula 1 drivers’ championship in a nail biter of a finale. Now, with a second straight title sewn up weeks ago, Red Bull Racing’s 25-year-old star is outpacing his Mercedes rival in the financial race, too.Verstappen is F1’s highest-paid driver for 2022 with a pretax total of $60 million from his salary and bonuses, according to Forbes estimates. Hamilton, who has been the series’ top-earning driver in Forbes’ athlete rankings every year since 2013, sinks to second with an estimated $55 million.Alpine’s Fernando Alonso, the last driver to finish above Hamilton on the earnings leaderboard, comes in at No. 3 this year with an estimated $30 million, followed by Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez ($26 million) and Fer...
