Valtteri Bottas
NET WORTH
How Rich Is Valtteri Bottas?
We put Valtteri Bottas’s net worth at $40m, level with George Russell in joint 10th in our F1 driver net worth rankings.
His Williams salary never went above $3.32m. The money came at Mercedes, which paid him base salaries of $6.78m-12m a season from 2017 to 2021, and Alfa Romeo and Sauber then paid $10m a year for three more seasons. Cadillac pays him $5m in 2026, below his peak but still adding to the total.
Celebrity Net Worth and PlanetF1 also say $40m. Older rankings that list $20m-30m predate his later contracts.
Estimates Bottas' net worth at $40m, the figure we agree with.
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Valtteri Bottas’s Net Worth in Numbers
How Valtteri Bottas’s Net Worth Compares
HaasOliver Bearman$3.3m net worth$2.6m career F1 earnings8.3% of Valtteri Bottas’s net worth- WilliamsAlex Albon$15m net worth$34m career F1 earnings38% of Valtteri Bottas’s net worth
- HaasEsteban Ocon$21m net worth$47.3m career F1 earnings53% of Valtteri Bottas’s net worth
- WilliamsCarlos Sainz$50m net worth$99.5m career F1 earnings1.3x Valtteri Bottas’s net worth
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Career F1 earnings (across) and estimated net worth (up). Tap a driver to see their numbers, then tap their name to open their page.
| Rank | Driver | Team | Net Worth | Career Earnings | Seasons | Vs Valtteri Bottas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | $580m | $721m | 20 | 15x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | $305m | $472m | 12 | 7.6x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | $260m | $595m | 23 | 6.5x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | $100m | $171m | 9 | 2.5x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | $80m | $200m | 8 | 2x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 6 | Sergio Pérez | Cadillac | $70m | $140m | 15 | 1.8x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 7 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | $50m | $108m | 4 | 1.3x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Williams | $50m | $99.5m | 12 | 1.3x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | $50m | $59.7m | 10 | 1.3x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 10 | George Russell | Mercedes | $40m | $121m | 8 | 1x Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Cadillac | $40m | $89.5m | 13 | - |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | $33m | $74.1m | 10 | 83% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Audi | $22.5m | $62.7m | 15 | 56% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | $21m | $47.3m | 10 | 53% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 15 | Alex Albon | Williams | $15m | $34m | 7 | 38% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 16 | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | $8m | $26.3m | 2 | 20% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 17 | Franco Colapinto | Alpine | $5.5m | $2.9m | 3 | 14% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 18 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | $4m | $5m | 2 | 10% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 19 | Isack Hadjar | Red Bull | $3.5m | $10.3m | 2 | 8.8% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 20 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | $3.3m | $2.6m | 3 | 8.3% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 21 | Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls | $1.3m | $3.5m | 4 | 3.3% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
| 22 | Arvid Lindblad | Racing Bulls | $350k | $1.3m | 1 | 0.9% of Valtteri Bottas’s |
Valtteri Bottas is worth about 45% of the $89.5m F1 has paid him, against 59% for the grid as a whole.
How Valtteri Bottas Got to a $40m Net Worth by 2026
Most of Bottas's money was made at Mercedes, where Celebrity Net Worth's season figures put his pay as high as $15m in 2020. We put his career F1 salary and bonuses at $89.45m before tax since his 2013 debut, and he joined Cadillac for 2026.
He has spread his money across smaller ventures. He owns 10% of the Lahti Pelicans ice hockey club and part of Kahiwa Coffee Roasters, co-founded Oath gin in 2022 and bought a vineyard retreat in McLaren Vale in 2025.
Season-by-season F1 pay for 2013 to 2023 that adds up to about $82m, with a peak of $15m in 2020
Club announcement that Bottas bought 10% of Lahden Pelicans Oy and became its third-largest owner
Confirms that Bottas co-owns Kahiwa Coffee Roasters in Lahti and details a 2023 collaboration
November 2025 report on his purchase of a six-hectare vineyard retreat in McLaren Vale
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Salary
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Max Verstappen
Red Bull
25
$70m
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Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
18
$34m
3
Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
15
$3.4m
4
Lando Norris
McLaren
12
$30m
5
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
10
$13m
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How Certain Are We of Valtteri Bottas’s Net Worth?
On our certainty scale this figure rates medium. Most published estimates fall in the $30m-49m range. Celebrity Net Worth and PlanetF1 both say $40m, though PlanetF1 likely repeats the former, and Sportsbet's A$70m converts to about $48.9m. Forbes has never published a pay figure for him, so his earnings rest on Celebrity Net Worth's season table, and none of his business stakes has a published value.
Certainty
Medium
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What Does Valtteri Bottas Own?
A McLaren Vale Vineyard and a Finnish Lake House
Speedcafe reported in November 2025 that Bottas bought a six-hectare vineyard retreat in McLaren Vale, South Australia, for an undisclosed price. It has a main residence, a pool and six guest houses that stay open to paying visitors. In Finland he built a lake house, which he told Forbes was the first thing he planned to buy after reaching F1.
A 10% Stake in the Lahti Pelicans
Bottas bought 10% of Lahden Pelicans Oy in 2021, which made him the third-largest owner of the Liiga ice hockey club, and later put in extra money to help cover a budget shortfall. He joined the owners of Kahiwa Coffee Roasters in Lahti in 2020, co-founded Oath gin in 2022 and set up the FNLD GRVL and RADL GRVL gravel cycling events.
A Mercedes-AMG One He Paid For Himself
Bottas took delivery of a metallic blue Mercedes-AMG One in 2023, a hypercar DMARGE puts at a $2.72m production price. He said in 2021 that he was buying it himself with no discount, and he kept the order after leaving Mercedes. That same year he also took delivery of a Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series in a livery based on his W11 race car.
November 2025 purchase of a six-hectare vineyard retreat in McLaren Vale with six guesthouses, price undisclosed
His lake house, coffee and Pelicans interests, property and private jet investments, and his cars, including the AMG One he said he was buying himself
AMG One production price of $2.72m USD, over A$4m in Australia
Club announcement that he bought 10% of Lahden Pelicans Oy and became its third-largest owner
Event founded by Bottas and the SBT GRVL team, first held June 10, 2023, in Lahti for 1,000 riders
Valtteri Bottas vs Sergio Pérez Net Worth
Sergio Pérez is worth an estimated $70m to Bottas's $40m, and his $140.42m in career F1 earnings comfortably tops Bottas's $89.45m. Pérez made his debut two years earlier, in 2011, and has had more seasons of pay. Cadillac also pays him $10m in 2026, double the $5m Bottas earns as his teammate.
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Valtteri Bottas Net Worth FAQs
We estimate Valtteri Bottas’s net worth at $40m in 2026, with a likely range of $35m-55m. He ranks tenth among current drivers, level with George Russell.
Celebrity Net Worth and PlanetF1 also give $40m, while the A$70m published by Sportsbet converts to about $48.9m.
Partly. Bottas bought a vineyard retreat in McLaren Vale, South Australia, in 2025 and uses its main house as his base there. His residence is still listed as Monaco, where GPFans placed him in October 2026, and he also has a lake house in his native Finland.
No private jet of his own has been reported. He told Forbes in 2021 that he had invested in a private jet company, which he did not name, and InsiJets has listed him as an ambassador in a deal that includes off-season travel.