Max Verstappen must pay a fee more than £250,000 greater than anyone else on the grid to compete in Formula 1 over the coming year.
The Dutchman will go into the 2023 season as defending champion again, having successfully kept hold of his crown last year. Not only did he do that, but he broke a handful of records on the way to one of the most dominant title-winning seasons the sport has ever seen.
Not only did Verstappen make sure of the championship with four races still to go, he was 146 points ahead of his nearest competitor Charles Leclerc. His total of 454 points broke the record for the most earned by any one driver during a single season.
