Andrew Shovlin
Mercedes Salary
Trackside Engineering Director
Andrew Shovlin's Mercedes Salary and What It Includes
Andrew Shovlin’s Mercedes salary is around £1m ($1.3m) a year on our figures, and that’s his whole package. Any bonus is already counted inside it, so there’s nothing extra to add and his annual income stays at that level.
The number is the midpoint of a 2025 Formula1News estimate of £800k-1.2m ($1.06m-1.59m), a range that moves with bonuses. Mercedes hasn’t published his pay. For scale, it lands in the middle of the £500k-2m ($663k-2.7m) band we give technical director James Allison.
Puts Shovlin's pay at £800k to £1.2m including bonuses and his wealth at £3m to £5m, without showing how.
Anonymous motorsport pay survey used to check that Shovlin's package fits senior engineering pay at a top team.
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What Shovlin Runs at the Track for Mercedes
Shovlin is in charge of Mercedes’ engineering at the circuit. He coordinates the engineers on both cars to get the most from car and driver over a race weekend. Peter Bonnington, now head of race engineering, learned the job under him on Jenson Button’s car.
The car itself comes out of the technical organization that James Allison leads. Shovlin’s group is judged on what it can extract from that car at each Grand Prix, and a vehicle dynamics PhD suits the work. He’s also a familiar voice in the team’s post-race debriefs.
Mercedes' own careers Q&A with Shovlin, which explains how he got into F1 and what his trackside job involves.
Lecture biography covering Shovlin's education and promotions, although it gives 1998 rather than 1999 for his arrival.
Shovlin Next to Other F1 Trackside Engineering Chiefs
Trackside engineering chiefs at other teams sit a long way below Shovlin. Alpine’s Karel Loos and Ferrari’s Matteo Togninalli are on £180k-350k ($239k-464k), the department-head band for most F1 technical staff at that level. Shovlin’s package is closer to technical director money, after 15 years in charge of Mercedes’ engineering at the track.
Andrew Shovlin's F1 Career With One Brackley Team
Shovlin arrived at Brackley in 1999 and has stayed with the team through its BAR, Honda, Brawn, and Mercedes names, his only employer in F1.
How Shovlin's Package Fits the Mercedes Pay Structure
In the Mercedes pay order, Shovlin’s package lands between the department heads and the top two. Peter Bonnington, who heads race engineering on the same pit wall, has a base band of £250k-600k ($331k-795k). Toto Wolff heads the list on £4m-7m ($5.3m-9.3m).
Common Questions About Andrew Shovlin
Andrew Shovlin earns around £1m ($1.3m) a year at Mercedes on F1 Salaries’ figures, and that includes his bonus. It’s the midpoint of a 2025 Formula1News estimate of £800k-1.2m ($1.06m-1.59m). Mercedes hasn’t disclosed his salary or contract terms, so treat it as a guide rather than a contract figure.
Our figure for Andrew Shovlin’s net worth is £4m ($5.3m), the midpoint of a £3m-5m ($4m-6.6m) range from Formula1News. It’s a low-confidence number. Nobody has shown the assets behind it, and his income has come from more than 25 years of salaried work at one F1 team.
Andrew Shovlin is Mercedes’ trackside engineering director, the British engineer in charge of the team’s engineering at races. He joined the Brackley team in 1999, when it was BAR, engineered Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher, and has held his current title since 2017.
In 2017, Andrew Shovlin took the title of trackside engineering director. It didn’t come with Mike Elliott’s departure in October 2023, as is sometimes stated. Before 2017 he’d been chief race engineer since 2011, in charge of the engineering on both cars at races.
James Allison runs the design and development of the Mercedes car, while Andrew Shovlin’s job starts once it reaches the circuit. Shovlin coordinates the race engineers and performance groups at each Grand Prix to get the best from car and driver. Allison works to a longer timescale, while Shovlin’s is measured race by race.
Yes, Andrew Shovlin was Jenson Button’s race engineer at Brackley, and the pairing lasted through Button’s 2009 world title with Brawn. Peter Bonnington worked with them from 2006. When Mercedes took over the team, Shovlin moved to Michael Schumacher’s car before becoming chief race engineer in 2011.