Alpine
F1 Team Value & Salaries
How Much Is the Alpine F1 Team Worth?
Alpine is worth $2.6bn in PlanetF1’s August 2026 valuation, a little above the $2.45bn Forbes gave it in 2025. It’s a market estimate for the Enstone team, so it isn’t Renault’s wealth or money in the bank, and the reported Mercedes bid that valued Alpine at $2.1bn was only an offer.
The accounts are tighter. BlackBook Motorsport reported £238.5m ($316m) of revenue for 2024 and a £14.6m ($19.3m) loss, a year after £250m ($331m) and a small profit. Forbes’ F1-only model lands close at $300m. Pierre Gasly takes almost all of the $18.7m-19.2m driver bill.
Values Alpine at $2.6bn in its August 2026 grid valuation, the team value figure used on this page.
Forbes values Alpine at $2.45bn for 2025 and models $300m of F1 revenue with a $13m operating loss in 2024.
Reports the team's £238.5m revenue and £14.6m after-tax loss for 2024, down from £250m and a £7.8m profit in 2023.
Explains how Sportico values teams and why its mixed up Alpine and Williams rows are left out of our history.
Driver pay takes 6% of Alpine's revenue, and the team spent $19.3m more than it brought in.
Revenue and profit are from the latest filed accounts. Driver pay is the 2026 base salary of both race drivers.
Alpine F1 Driver Salaries and Contracts
Franco Colapinto
Pierre Gasly
Pierre Gasly’s salary of $18.2m makes him Alpine’s big earner. He signed a three-year deal in September 2025 that runs from 2026 to the end of 2028 and is worth around $54.7m, so he’s committed to Enstone for the first three seasons of Mercedes power.
Franco Colapinto’s salary is $500k-1m on a one-year 2026 contract, and Alpine has already kept him for 2027 on the same money. Alpine’s driver salaries come to $18.7m-19.2m, and Gasly’s base is at least 18 times his teammate’s, the widest ratio on the grid.
Projected years come from signed deals, using reported figures where they exist and estimates where they don't. TBC means that seat isn't signed yet.
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What Do Alpine F1 Staff Earn?
Flavio Briatore runs Alpine as executive advisor next to managing director Steve Nielsen, with Dave Greenwood as racing director. Josh Peckett and Stuart Barlow engineer the two cars, and an F1 race mechanic typically earns around $75k.
Staff Pay Estimates
7 Staff Members
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Executive Adviser | £1m-2.5m($1.3m-3.3m) | £1.1m-3.25m($1.5m-4.3m) | |
| 2 | CEO of Alpine | £500k-2m($663k-2.7m) | £550k-2.6m($729k-3.4m) | |
| 3 | Managing Director | £300k-1m($398k-1.3m) | £330k-1.3m($437k-1.7m) | |
| 4 | Racing Director | £200k-450k($265k-596k) | £220k-585k($292k-775k) | |
| 5 | Head of Trackside Engineering | £180k-350k($239k-464k) | £198k-455k($262k-603k) | |
| 6 | Race Engineer to Franco Colapinto | £100k-180k($133k-239k) | £110k-234k($146k-310k) | |
| 7 | Race Engineer to Pierre Gasly | £100k-180k($133k-239k) | £110k-234k($146k-310k) |
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Singapore by Salary
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Salary
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Max Verstappen
Red Bull
25
$70m
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Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
18
$34m
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Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
15
$3.4m
4
Lando Norris
McLaren
12
$30m
5
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
10
$13m
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Who Owns the Alpine F1 Team?
Renault Group owns 76% of Alpine and controls the team. The other 24% belongs to an investor group led by Otro Capital, which paid €200m ($228m) for it in 2023 with RedBird and Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort.
That deal is why Reynolds is often called an Alpine owner. He’s one of several famous names inside the consortium, along with Rory McIlroy, Patrick Mahomes, and Travis Kelce, but none of them holds 24% personally. Bids for that minority block have been reported this year and none has completed, so Renault still has the final say at Enstone.
Traces Alpine to Renault's controlling 76% and the Otro led investor group's 24% stake.
Alpine's own page naming Reynolds, McElhenney, Mahomes, Kelce, and McIlroy among the consortium investors.
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6th in 2026
Official 2026 profile for the team's full name, Enstone base, A526 chassis, Mercedes power unit and season results.
Confirms the Mercedes engine and gearbox supply from 2026 through at least 2030.
Kym Illman's paddock video behind the 2025 headcount of about 1,000 and the mechanic and engineer pay benchmarks.
Official season by season story of the team, used for the history entries.
Season results for Toleman from 1981 to 1985, the first part of the lineage totals.
Season results for Benetton from 1986 to 2001, including the 1995 title year.
Season results for Renault from 2002 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020, used for the Enstone totals.
Season results for the Enstone Lotus team from 2012 to 2015, kept apart from the older Lotus teams.
Season results for Alpine from 2021 to 2025, with 2026 added from the official profile.
Alpine and the Enstone Team's Results Over the Years
Alpine has one Grand Prix win of its own, Esteban Ocon’s victory in Hungary in 2021, plus six podiums and 604 points since the rebrand. Count the whole Enstone operation, which began as Toleman in 1981 and later raced as Benetton, Renault, and Lotus, and the record grows to 50 wins, 198 podiums and three constructors’ titles.
Those titles came with Benetton in 1995 and Renault in 2005 and 2006, when Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso each won two drivers’ crowns. Alpine is sixth on 69 points in 2026 after finishing last in 2025.
Alpine Season by Season
46 Seasons
| # | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026Alpine | Alpine | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 6th |
| 2 | 2025Alpine | Alpine | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10th |
| 3 | 2024Alpine | Alpine | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 6th |
| 4 | 2023Alpine | Alpine | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 6th |
| 5 | 2022Alpine | Alpine | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 4th |
| 6 | 2021Alpine | Alpine | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 5th |
| 7 | 2020Renault | Renault | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 181 | 5th |
| 8 | 2019Renault | Renault | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 5th |
| 9 | 2018Renault | Renault | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 4th |
| 10 | 2017Renault | Renault | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 6th |
| 11 | 2016Renault | Renault | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9th |
| 12 | 2015Lotus | Lotus | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 6th |
| 13 | 2014Lotus | Lotus | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8th |
| 14 | 2013Lotus | Lotus | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 315 | 4th |
| 15 | 2012Lotus | Lotus | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 303 | 4th |
| 16 | 2011Renault | Renault | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5th |
| 17 | 2010Renault | Renault | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 5th |
| 18 | 2009Renault | Renault | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8th |
| 19 | 2008Renault | Renault | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 4th |
| 20 | 2007Renault | Renault | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3rd |
| 21 | 2006Renault | Renault | 18 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 206 | 1st |
| 22 | 2005Renault | Renault | 19 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 191 | 1st |
| 23 | 2004Renault | Renault | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 3rd |
| 24 | 2003Renault | Renault | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 4th |
| 25 | 2002Renault | Renault | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4th |
| 26 | 2001Benetton | Benetton | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7th |
| 27 | 2000Benetton | Benetton | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4th |
| 28 | 1999Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6th |
| 29 | 1998Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5th |
| 30 | 1997Benetton | Benetton | 17 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 3rd |
| 31 | 1996Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 3rd |
| 32 | 1995Benetton | Benetton | 17 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 137 | 1st |
| 33 | 1994Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 103 | 2nd |
| 34 | 1993Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 3rd |
| 35 | 1992Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 3rd |
| 36 | 1991Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 38.5 | 4th |
| 37 | 1990Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 3rd |
| 38 | 1989Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4th |
| 39 | 1988Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 3rd |
| 40 | 1987Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5th |
| 41 | 1986Benetton | Benetton | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 6th |
| 42 | 1985Toleman | Toleman | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 43 | 1984Toleman | Toleman | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7th |
| 44 | 1983Toleman | Toleman | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9th |
| 45 | 1982Toleman | Toleman | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 46 | 1981Toleman | Toleman | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
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The History of Alpine and the Enstone Team
The Alpine name only dates back to 2021, but the team behind it has raced in F1 under five different names since 1981.
Toleman Origins
Toleman entered F1 in 1981 and is the real root of today’s Alpine, rather than Renault’s separate works team of 1977. Ayrton Senna gave it all three of its podiums in 1984 and Teo Fabi took its only pole in 1985, but it never won a race.
Benetton Becomes a Winner
Benetton took over in 1986 and won that year’s Mexican Grand Prix. The team grew into a regular front runner, settled at Enstone and gave Michael Schumacher his first victory at Spa in 1992, which set up the championship years that followed.
Schumacher Titles and a Takeover
Schumacher won the drivers’ championship in 1994 and 1995, and Benetton took its only constructors’ title in 1995 with 11 wins. Renault bought the team in 2000, although the Benetton name stayed on the cars until the end of 2001.
Alonso and the Renault Doubles
The Renault name returned in 2002 and Fernando Alonso led the team to both championships in 2005 and 2006. Later ownership changes pushed it toward Lotus branding, but the constructor still raced as Renault through 2011.
The Enstone Lotus Years
Racing as Lotus, the team won with Kimi Raikkonen in Abu Dhabi in 2012 and Australia in 2013 and finished fourth both years. The 2014 hybrid switch brought just 10 points. It’s a different outfit from Colin Chapman’s original Lotus.
Renault Rebuilds
Renault came back as a full works team in 2016 and finished ninth. It climbed to fourth by 2018, and three podiums in 2020 closed out the last season before the cars were renamed Alpine.
Alpine Arrives
Esteban Ocon won in Hungary in Alpine’s first season and Fernando Alonso added a podium in Qatar. The team was fourth in 2022, sold 24% to new investors in 2023 and scored a double podium in the wet 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix.
Mercedes Power Takes Over
Alpine finished last in 2025 with 22 points. Mercedes power units replaced Renault’s own for 2026 under a deal that runs until at least 2030, and the team has 69 points and a pole position so far this season.
Alpine F1 Team FAQs
Renault Group owns 76% of the Alpine F1 team and controls it. The remaining 24% sits with an investor group led by Otro Capital, alongside RedBird and Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort, after a €200m ($228m) deal in 2023. Reported bids for that minority stake haven’t gone through.
Ryan Reynolds still holds an indirect stake in Alpine through the consortium that bought 24% of the team in 2023. That 24% is shared across the whole group, so it isn’t his personally. Renault Group owns the other 76%, and fellow investors include Rory McIlroy, Patrick Mahomes, and Travis Kelce.
The Alpine F1 team is worth $2.6bn, based on PlanetF1’s August 2026 valuation, up from the $2.45bn Forbes gave it in 2025. It’s a market estimate for the team rather than Renault’s company value, and a reported $2.1bn Mercedes bid was only an offer that never went through.
Alpine made £238.5m ($316m) of revenue in 2024 according to accounts reported by BlackBook Motorsport, and it posted a £14.6m ($19.3m) loss. That was down from £250m ($331m) in 2023, when the team turned a small profit. Forbes’ F1-only model puts 2024 revenue at $300m.
An F1 race mechanic at a team like Alpine earns around $75k a year, while a number one mechanic is nearer $100k and a race engineer about $135k. These are industry benchmarks rather than Alpine’s own pay scale, and pit stop duties don’t come with a separate salary.
Alpine’s 2026 drivers are Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto. Gasly is on an $18.2m base salary and signed until the end of 2028, while Colapinto earns $500k-1m on a one-year deal that’s already been extended for 2027. Gasly accounts for almost the whole driver bill.