Formula 1
9th Sep 2025
Formula 1 2025 Prize Money (Detailed Breakdown)
Formula 1 'owned by liberty media' can generate revenue of around $3 to $3.6 billion every year. There are number of revenue streams for Formula 1 including worldwide TV rights deals, fees for hosting f1 races and other commercial sponsorship revenue.
How Formula 1 Prize Money fund is generated ?
But unlike other major sports, teams do not get bigger chunk of the yearly revenue generated by Formula 1. A rough estimte of around 45% of the total (OIBDA) 'Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization' is distributed among F1 teams. We breakdown the entire process.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| F1 annual revenue (2025 estimate) | $3.6 billion |
| Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization (OIBDA) | $2.809 billion |
| Total Prize Money Fund For (2025) | $1.266 billion |
| What percentage of OIBDA is distributed in Prize Money Fund ? | 45% |
Special Ferarri Payment: From the $1.266 billion prize money fund allocated to be distributed among F1 teams. Ferrari gets outright 5% ($63 million) of the total fund as historic payment.
Historic Success/performance payments: There is another 'column' of payments roughly 20% of the entire prize money fund which is around $253 million which distributed according to past championship wins and performances. Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and William get bigger chunk from this.
2025 F1 Standing based Payment: Last but not the least, the remaining 75% ($949.5 million) is divided according to how teams finish in 2025 F1 season. Around 0.9% ($8.54 million difference between each position)
Estimated Formula 1 2025 Prize Money Fund:
so considering all these distribution channels we have produce the table below which gives very accurate estimate of how much each team will be earning in 2025 prize money fund.
| Rank | Team | Total | 2025 standing (75%) | Column 1(20%) | Column 2 (5%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | $200.90m | $133.38m | $67.52m | |
| 2 | Ferrari | $251.44m | $124.84m | $63.30m | $63.30 million |
| 3 | McLaren | $133.18m | $116.30m | $16.88m | |
| 4 | Mercedes | $209.04m | $107.76m | $101.28m | |
| 5 | Aston Martin | $99.22m | $99.22m | ||
| 6 | Alpine | $90.68m | $90.68m | ||
| 7 | RB | $82.14m | $82.14m | ||
| 8 | Haas | $73.60m | $73.60m | ||
| 9 | Williams | $69.28m | $65.06m | $4.22m | |
| 10 | Sauber | $56.52m | $56.52m | ||
| TOTAL | $1.266 billion | $949.50m | $253.20m | $63.30m | |
