The 2021 F1 season is finally over and Lewis Hamilton’s dominance on the track ends. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won his first ever F1 drivers’ championship in a dramatic and controversial way, ending the dominance of British drivers. For the drivers of the teams that compete in Formula 1, however, collecting points is associated with very high costs. To reimburse the F1 damage costs, teams have to burn holes in their pockets. Today we’re looking at a list of drivers who cost their team fortunes after being in a car accident while racing.
F1 crash damage: Mick Schumacher tops the list of F1 damage costs
According to a report by Sky Deutschland, Michael Schumacher’s son Mick Schumacher leads the table when it comes to costing his team more money in the event of a crash in the 2021 season. According to the report, Mick Schumacher’s accidents cost the Haas team 4,212,500 euros, bringing him to the top of the charts.
According to the report by The Sun Research on the fansite, F1maximaal shows that Michael Schumacher’s son Mick Schumacher needed eight new front wings and nine new suspensions during the entire season with a total of 22 races after an F1 crash. Team Haas didn’t score a single point in the 2021 season.
Second place in the list goes to Ferrari’s Charles LeClerc, who cost Ferrari 4,046,000 euros throughout the season. The new Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen is in fourth place on the list and costs his team 3,889,000 euros. See the list of other drivers who have cost their team money in accidents.
1) Mick Schumacher (Haas) 4,212,500 euros
2) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 4,046,000 euros
3) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 3,889,000 euros
4) Nicholas Latifi (Williams) 3,116,500 euros
5) Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 2,713,500 euros
6) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 2,686,000 euros
7) Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 2,606,500 euros
8) Nikita Mazepin (Haas) 2,468,000 euros
9) Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) 1,950,000 euros
10) George Russell (Williams) 1,845,000 euros
11) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 1,756,000 euros
12) Lando Norris (McLaren) 1,453,000 euros
13) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1,235,000 euros
14) Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) 1,113,000 euros
15) Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 939,000 euros
16) Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 854,000 euros
17) Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 713,000 euros
18) Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) 660,000 euros
19) Fernando Alonso (Alpine) 315,000 euros
20) Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 280,000 euros
