Franco Colapinto earns a base salary of $500k-1m from Alpine in 2026, his first full season in F1. No exact figure has been published, and only rookie Arvid Lindblad shares that bracket, while every other driver on the grid is paid at least $1m.
His pay has stayed in the same range since his debut. Williams paid a reported €500k ($541k) for his nine races in 2024, and his 18 rounds as an Alpine race driver in 2025 are estimated at $375k-750k.
Gives the $500k-1m band for his 2026 base. We keep that band rather than invent an exact number.
Base Salary Earned in 2026$612k of $750k
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BASE SALARY EARNED
$0Prorated Earnings Estimate
POTENTIAL INCOME
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CAREER EARNINGS
$1,690,000Prorated Earnings Estimate
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Could Colapinto Earn a Bonus?
A strong season could add around $1m in bonuses and lift Colapinto’s potential income to $1.5m-2m. For a driver on his wage, that would at least double his earnings. Alpine hasn’t made any bonus terms public, so this is a performance scenario rather than a promised payment. His 2026 season stats show 27 points after the United States Grand Prix, 12th in the championship.
Colapinto's Salary Broken Down Per Race
PER MONTH
$62k
PER WEEK
$14k
PER DAY
$2,055
PER HOUR
$86
Taking the middle of his $500k-1m band, Colapinto earns around $33k per Grand Prix, or $62k a month and $2,055 a day. Adding the $1m bonus scenario lifts the monthly average to about $146k. His exact salary and Alpine’s payment dates are private, so these averages show scale rather than official payments.
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Insider · Issue 23
01 · The Last Race
Singapore by Salary
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Driver
Pts
Salary
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
25
$70m
2
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
18
$34m
3
Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
15
$3.4m
4
Lando Norris
McLaren
12
$30m
5
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
10
$13m
6
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What Each Point Now Costs Red Bull
Alpine Contract
1 year
Announced 7 Nov 2025
Status
Extension
Base Salary
$500k-1m
Potential Income
$1.5m-2m
Starts
2026
Ends
End of 2026
Duration
1 year
Est. Contract Value
$500k-1m
Alpine Contract
1 year
Announced 27 Aug 2026
Status
Extension
Starts
2027
Ends
End of 2027
Duration
1 year
Est. Contract Value
$500k-1m
2027 Salary
$500k-1m
Essentials
Franco Colapinto
Age 23
Driver
Franco Colapinto
Team
Alpine
Number
#43
Nationality
Argentine
Age
23
Manager
María Catarineu and Jamie Campbell-Walter / Bullet Sports Management
Names María Catarineu and Jamie Campbell-Walter of Bullet Sports Management as his representatives.
Franco Colapinto's One-Year Alpine Contract
Alpine confirmed Colapinto for 2026 on November 7, 2025, after he had raced 18 rounds alongside Pierre Gasly that year. Because he began 2025 as the reserve, this was the first season he started with an Alpine race seat already guaranteed.
The one-year deal is worth $500k-1m in base salary and ends with the 2026 season. That would normally leave him racing for his future in the closing rounds, but Alpine settled the question early by announcing a further season on August 27.
Colapinto's Alpine Extension for 2027
Alpine’s announcement on August 27, 2026 keeps Colapinto at the team for 2027. Like his current deal, it covers a single season and runs to the end of 2027, so it adds a year of security without a longer commitment.
No new salary has been reported, so his $500k-1m band carries over until a fresh figure appears. The extension is a race-seat agreement and is separate from the January 2025 deal that brought him from Williams.
Colapinto’s F1 career began with a mid-season call-up at Williams in 2024, and his pay has followed each change of role since. The stints below cover every step up to a full-time Alpine seat. Those earnings and his Argentine sponsors sit behind his estimated $5.5m net worth.
2026
Alpine
$500k-1m
Full-Time at Last
▾
POTENTIAL INCOME
$1.5m-2m
AGE
22
TEAM
Alpine
His first full season pays $500k-1m, the lowest bracket on the grid alongside Arvid Lindblad. He has 27 points after the United States Grand Prix, against 42 for Gasly, and Alpine confirmed him for 2027 in August.
SEASON
AGE
BASE SALARY
POTENTIAL INCOME
POINTS
POS
2026
22
$500k-1m
$1.5m-2m
27
12
2025
Alpine
$375k-750k
Reserve Turned Racer
▾
POTENTIAL INCOME
$375k-750k
AGE
21
TEAM
Alpine
Alpine signed him from Williams in January and kept him in reserve before handing him a race seat for the final 18 rounds. That spell is estimated at $375k-750k, and it ended without a point.
SEASON
AGE
BASE SALARY
POTENTIAL INCOME
POINTS
POS
2025
21
$375k-750k
$375k-750k
0
20
2024
Williams
$541k
Nine Races at Williams
▾
POTENTIAL INCOME
$541k
AGE
20
TEAM
Williams
Williams promoted him for the last nine races of 2024 on a reported €500k ($541k). His eighth place in Baku made him the first Argentine to score F1 points since Carlos Reutemann in 1982, and he scored again in Austin.
Reports the €500k ($541k) he was paid for his nine races with Williams in 2024.
What Keeps Franco Colapinto's Salary Low
Colapinto’s pay sits at the bottom of the grid for clear reasons, although he brings Alpine more than his salary suggests.
One season at a time. Alpine has confirmed him on single-year deals for 2026 and 2027, so his pay has never been locked in at a higher level.
A short F1 record. His 44 Grand Prix starts are barely a fifth of Gasly’s 195, which leaves him far less history to bargain with.
Points at last. His 27 points in 2026 follow a scoreless 2025 and give him a stronger hand when his next salary is set.
Argentina’s F1 star. As the first Argentine on the grid since 2001, he brings Alpine a huge following in South America.
The Williams transfer. Alpine paid Williams to bring him over in January 2025, so part of his cost to the team never shows up in his salary.
How Colapinto's Pay Compares With Gasly's
Colapinto’s $500k-1m is a fraction of Pierre Gasly’s $18.2m, and the gap stays huge with bonus scenarios included, at $1.5m-2m against $29.6m. Their points are far closer. Colapinto has 27 to Gasly’s 42, about two thirds of his teammate’s tally on less than 6% of Gasly’s base salary.
Franco Colapinto’s salary in 2026 is $500k-1m, the base pay band reported for his first full season with Alpine. No more exact figure has been published, and only Arvid Lindblad shares that bracket. A strong year could add around $1m in bonuses, which would take his potential income to $1.5m-2m.
Franco Colapinto makes around $62k a month in 2026, based on the middle of his $500k-1m Alpine salary band, which also works out at about $2,055 a day. Adding the $1m bonus scenario would lift his monthly average to about $146k.
His exact salary is private, so these averages only give a sense of scale.
Pierre Gasly earns far more than Franco Colapinto, with an $18.2m Alpine base salary against Colapinto’s $500k-1m in 2026. Bonus scenarios put them at $29.6m and $1.5m-2m.
Their results are much closer, because Colapinto has 27 points to Gasly’s 42 after the United States Grand Prix on less than 6% of his teammate’s base.
Franco Colapinto is under contract with Alpine until the end of 2027. His current one-year deal covers 2026, and on August 27, 2026 Alpine announced a further one-year extension. No salary has been published for 2027, so the $500k-1m band he earns now is the best guide to his pay.
Franco Colapinto makes about $22k-43k per Grand Prix in 2026, based on his $500k-1m base spread across 23 races. The middle of that band works out at roughly $33k a race. A $1m bonus scenario would lift that midpoint to around $76k per race.
Williams
