How much Fernando Alonso earns: his Aston Martin salary, F1 wage rankings and what he's demanding for 2027

What's up, folks? Now that we know Fernando's sticking around until 2027, it's time for the question half of Spain asks Google: how much does Fernando Alonso earn? Fair warning upfront: no Formula 1 team publishes their drivers' salaries, so everything you're about to read is based on estimates from the specialist press. I'll tell you where each figure comes from, and where there's no reliable data, I'll let you know that too.

💰 What Alonso earns in 2026

The salary lists for the grid published in February 2026, reported among others by COPE, put him at 20 million dollars, pretty much the same as 2025. Some outlets give the figure in euros and one or two push it up to 30 million euros, but the range that gets repeated most often—and the one we're going with here—is 20 million.

To give you an idea, breaking down those 20 million dollars:

• Per Grand Prix (24 on the calendar): around 833,000 dollars per race.
• Per day: around 54,800 dollars.
• Per hour, sleeping included: around 2,280 dollars.

🏎️ F1 salary rankings for 2026

According to those same estimates from early season (in millions of dollars):

Estimates from specialist press in February 2026; teams don't release contracts. Some outlets give the same figures in euros.

Verstappen earns more than triple what Alonso makes, and Hamilton earns three times his salary. But here's a curious detail: Alonso earns almost double his teammate Stroll, who's also the owner's son. Another funny fact: according to ESPN, Adrian Newey, the star engineer signed by Aston Martin, secured himself around 35 million euros per year—more than Alonso himself.

🔄 How much will he earn with the renewal for 2027?

Here we have to be honest: nobody knows. Aston Martin announced the renewal on 29 September without releasing figures, and talks about a "long-term" extension. The only clue published comes from analyst Marc Limacher at Business Book GP, picked up by several outlets in August: according to him, Alonso put around 40 million dollars per season on the table for 2027 and 2028, double what he's earning now. If that were true, he'd crack the top 5 on the grid. But until there's official data, it's just what was reported he was asking for.

What his camp did say is that money wasn't what made him hesitate: what mattered was the team giving him a car to fight for wins. And at 45 years old, with two World Championships and over 440 Grand Prix starts, the last thing Fernando needs is money.

📈 Much more than just the salary

The team salary is just one part. According to Forbes, Alonso was on the list of the world's highest-paid athletes every year between 2012 and 2018, and the magazine named him the racing driver with the highest earnings between June 2012 and June 2013, during his Ferrari years. Add to that his sponsorships and business ventures: he founded the clothing brand Kimoa, runs his own driver representation agency, A14 Management (where Gabriel Bortoleto is among others), and since 2025 he's ambassador for Flexicar.

Legend on track and a business machine off it. If you want the full rundown of his career, check out the article about his renewal and his story.

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