Diego Ioverno
Ferrari Salary
Sporting Director
How Much Does Diego Ioverno Earn at Ferrari?
Diego Ioverno spent 23 years in Ferrari’s factory and garage before he became sporting director in July 2023. We put that job at a base salary of £200k-450k ($265k-596k), and a bonus of £20k-135k ($27k-179k) would take his year to £220k-585k ($292k-775k).
Ferrari has never disclosed his pay. For context, Laurent Mekies, who ran Ferrari’s sporting side until he left in 2023, is now Red Bull’s CEO and team principal on £1.5m-4m ($2m-5.3m).
Motorsport pay survey that informs the sporting director band and the 10% to 30% bonus range used for Ioverno.
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Diego Ioverno's Role as Ferrari Sporting Director
Ioverno is Ferrari’s main point of contact with the FIA on the sporting regulations, and he runs the team’s race operations at each Grand Prix. He reports to Frédéric Vasseur.
Ioverno learned his trade on the garage side. He headed Ferrari’s gearbox assembly, took on chassis assembly in 2009 and led the push for faster pit stops from 2010. After three seasons as team manager he ran vehicle operations at the factory, and race operations now draw on all of that experience.
Ferrari's biography with his Bologna birth and degree, every role since 2000 and his current sporting director title.
September 2024 restructure that listed chassis operations alongside Ioverno's sporting role in the chassis area.
Ioverno and the Grid's Other Sporting Directors
Ron Meadows at Mercedes and Will Courtenay at McLaren are in the same £200k-450k ($265k-596k) band as Ioverno, which is where F1 Salaries puts F1 sporting directors. Ioverno reached the job without ever working for another team, having joined Ferrari straight from university in 2000.
Diego Ioverno's Career Inside Ferrari Since 2000
Ioverno has worked at Ferrari since he graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Bologna in 2000, switching between factory and trackside jobs on the way up.
How Ioverno Fits Into Ferrari's Pay Structure
Ioverno’s band sits below Frédéric Vasseur and deputy Jérôme d’Ambrosio but a step above department heads such as Matteo Togninalli on £180k-350k ($239k-464k). His 26 years at Maranello are the longest of anyone with a staff page on the Ferrari team.
Frequently Asked Questions About Diego Ioverno
Born in Bologna on May 31, 1974, Diego Ioverno is Ferrari’s sporting director and has spent his whole career at the team. He joined in 2000 after studying mechanical engineering and worked through gearbox assembly, track operations, team management and vehicle operations before taking the sporting job in July 2023.
Diego Ioverno’s current Ferrari title is sporting director, which covers the regulations, FIA liaison and race operations. Ferrari’s September 2024 reshuffle listed chassis operations alongside his sporting role, and he ran vehicle operations before 2023, but his Ferrari biography now uses the sporting director title alone.
No, and at Ferrari Diego Ioverno works under team principal Frédéric Vasseur. A team principal runs the whole team and answers for its results. A sporting director handles the rules, dealings with the FIA and the running of race weekends, which is a narrower and less senior job.
Diego Ioverno’s base salary is £200k-450k ($265k-596k) on our figures, with a bonus of £20k-135k ($27k-179k) on top. His year would come to £220k-585k ($292k-775k). Ferrari hasn’t published his pay, and no outlet has reported a figure for it.
Diego Ioverno took over Ferrari’s sporting side from Laurent Mekies, who left the team in July 2023. Mekies became team principal of Red Bull’s second team from January 2024 and is now Red Bull’s CEO and team principal, while Ioverno moved up from within after 23 years at Ferrari.