F1 Sporting Director Salaries
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9 Staff
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| 1 |   | | Sporting | Sporting Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Andy Stevenson Salary
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| 2 |   | | Sporting | Racing Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Dave Greenwood Salary
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| 3 |   | | Sporting | Sporting Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Diego Ioverno Salary
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| 4 |   | | Sporting | Sporting Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Ignacio Rueda Salary
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| 5 |   Haas | Haas | Sporting | Sporting Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Mark Lowe Salary
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| 6 |   | | Sporting | Racing Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Randeep Singh Salary
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| 7 |   | | Sporting | Sporting Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Ron Meadows Salary
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| 8 |   Williams | Williams | Sporting | Sporting Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Sven Smeets Salary
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| 9 |  | | Sporting | Sporting Director | £200k-450k ($265k-596k) | |
Will Courtenay Salary
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How Much Do F1 Sporting Directors Earn?
An F1 sporting director earns a base salary of £200k-450k ($265k-596k) on our figures, and a bonus of £20k-135k ($27k-179k) would take the year to £220k-585k ($292k-775k).
No team has published a sporting director’s pay, so all nine share our band for the role. It sits above a department head’s because a missed rule or a wrong call with the stewards can cost points. Ron Meadows has done the job at Mercedes and its predecessors for close to two decades.
Survey behind our sporting director band and the 10% to 30% bonus range.
Randeep Singh Runs McLaren's Racing Operation
Randeep Singh is McLaren‘s racing director, in charge of the department behind race simulations, pit decisions and the link between the pit wall and the factory. The strategy calls on a Sunday come out of his team.
His base salary is £200k-450k ($265k-596k) on our figures. Will Courtenay, who joined from Red Bull for 2026, runs the sporting side and reports to him.
Who Are the Highest Paid F1 Sporting Directors?
All nine sporting and racing directors share one band, so the bars are level. The differences are in the job titles. McLaren splits the work between Singh and Will Courtenay, and Dave Greenwood is Alpine’s racing director.
Tenure varies more than pay. Meadows has held the job since the late 2000s, while Courtenay only started in January.
What Net Worth Do F1 Sporting Directors Have?
None of the nine has a credible published net worth. Sporting directors are salaried staff, and nobody in this group holds a stake in their team, so their wealth comes from years of pay, often built over decades in the paddock.
Many started with the tools and worked up. Diego Ioverno joined Ferrari’s research department in 2000 and later ran its gearbox assembly, and Andy Stevenson was a mechanic at Jordan before running the same Silverstone team’s sporting side.
Profile of Ron Meadows' career from mechanic to Mercedes sporting director.
Andy Stevenson on his years with the Silverstone team since Jordan.
What Does a Sporting Director Do in F1?
A sporting director makes sure the team follows the FIA’s sporting regulations. They handle dealings with race control and the stewards, manage protests and penalties, plan how parts and power units are used across the season and run the team’s paperwork at every event.
The title varies. Some teams call it racing director, and older teams used team manager. In most teams it sits below the team principal and alongside the technical director, with team managers and operations staff reporting into it.
Ferrari's profile of Diego Ioverno and his role as sporting director.
Reports Will Courtenay starting as McLaren's sporting director.
F1 Sporting Director Pay: FAQs
An F1 sporting director gets a base salary of £200k-450k ($265k-596k) on F1 Salaries’ figures, with a bonus of up to £135k ($179k) on top. No team publishes the real numbers, so every sporting and racing director on the grid shares that band on this site.
F1 team managers earn less than sporting directors in most teams. Where the title still exists, it usually covers logistics and race-day organization, and it sits closer to a department head’s band of £180k-350k ($239k-464k). At several teams the old team manager job has become the sporting director role.
A sporting director is higher than a team manager in most F1 teams. The sporting director answers for the team’s compliance with the rules and its dealings with the FIA, and team managers or operations staff often report to them. Both usually sit below the team principal.
Ron Meadows is Mercedes’ sporting director, a job he’s held since the late 2000s through the team’s Honda, Brawn, and Mercedes eras. He deals with the FIA on the team’s behalf at races and reports to Toto Wolff. He started out as a mechanic in 1980.