Formula 1 Drivers 2022 Lineup, Teams & Contracts | George Russell Joined Mercedes

Formula 1 Drivers 2022 Lineup

The biggest racing championship Formula 1 is starting from March 2022. Comprising of 23 events, it will end up in November, 2022 and give the world a new champion. Teams have to complete their F1 drivers lineup 2022 till the end of February, 2022 before the testing weekend. The contracts of players confirmed. The lineup of some teams announced.

DriversTeamsContract Term
Lewis HamiltonMercedes2023
George RussellMercedes2022
Max VerstappenRed Bull2023
Sergio PerezRed Bull2022
Charles LeclercFerrari2024
Carlos Sainz, JrFerrari2022
Lando NorrisMcLaren2022
Daniel RicciardoMcLaren2023
Fernando AlonsoAlpine2022
Esteban OconAlpine2022
Pierre GaslyAlpha Tauri2022
Yuki TsunodaAlpha Tauri2022
Nicholas LatifiWilliams2022
Alex AlbonWilliams2023
Sebastian VettelAston Martin2022
Lance StrollAston Martin2022
Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo2022
Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo2022
Mick SchumacherHaas2022
Nikita MazepinHaas2022

The defending champion Max Verstappen holds the current contract with Red Bull. His contract is renewed and it will end up in 2023. The annual base salary of $15 million includes him in the list of most expensive F1 driver. Whereas Nikita Mazepin signed the contract with Haas for 2022.

The F1 drivers contracts and salaries updated. Having the base salary of $54 million, Lewis Hamilton is the highest paid driver ever in F1 history. While Mercedes has confirmed George Russell signed a multiyear deal worth $6 million a year.

As teams have confirmed their drivers lineup, there may be some more additions. If, there is, we will update once the details are available.