How Much Money Do Formula 1 Pit Crews Make?
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Pit stops in F1 have evolved significantly over the years. Back in the 2000s, pit stops generally took 6 to 12 seconds primarily due to refueling but these days formula 1 pit stops are literally a matter of a second or two and can make all the difference in securing a win. This is why the job of a pit crew is essential during a race. Let's see how much each member of the pit crew makes per year.
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This is total nonsense… firstly, pit crew, however crucial, is a very small part of our job. Trackside F1 mechanics and technicians make between £40k-£70k depending on our role. A certain portion of our salary is based on us travelling. Our expenses amount to about £8k per season, and our bonus is based on finishing position in the constructors championship. Where this guys numbers have come from I don’t know! I wish!
Cool to see an actual crew member chime in, thanks for the actual insight! Go Max!
Fascinating. I thought those numbers were too good to be true and that's about what I originally estimated you guys actually earned. I'm glad I was close to real figures.
I have a question: how do you even get a job like that for a formula 1 team? It seems like such an exclusive job with crazy connections needed
this video is utter shit .
thank you
I appreciate you making this comment bro. Keeping it real
my friend who is a Mercedes mechanic in a factory, applied to be a pit crew member and failed the exam. the degrees and qualifications you need is pretty insane too.
Can you tell us more about this please :D
Yeah really interesting stuff and theres not alot of research material to go off.
If you can share some info it would be awesome.
he worked himself up from a normal mechanic to full vehicle technician. he now works for AMG/BRABUS. he did apply though for a pit crew member and failed...so the level of knowledge and skill from his level to pit crew is miles ahead....very intelligent individuals are carefully picked and there is many tests above the one my friend failed. other than that he's still earning a stupid amount.
@@oneway_stingy I hate to say it but getting on to a race team is more about who you know than what you know, don’t get me wrong knowledge is still important, but you generally need to know someone on the inside to get a second look. It is very, very rare for someone to submit an application and get past the receptionist desk.
Its important to remember that the individuals in the pit crew sole job is not just pitstops. Some of them double up as trailer drivers, mechanics, etc.
Yea. There is a pitcrew member for an Indycar team on reddit and he said they all have other duties. They aren't just professional tire changers.
They are the ones who rebuild the car when it goes crunch
I worked in ALMS and that is true in the US racing series. However in F1 that is not the case, the transport duties and garage setup is done by an outside company. The crew you see in a pit stop show up once all is setup and ready to go. What you don’t see on tv in F1 is the amount of behind the scenes crew there are, for example at LeMans there are guys behind the garages repairing carbon components all day and rarely see the cars on track, many of the behind scenes crew at LeMans have at one point worked for an F1 team doing the same job.
its important to remember that this video is utter shit - hardly anything actually correct in it
As an ex-pit stop mechanic for Force India I can confirm that this video is absolute bollocks. 😂😂
I was I Trucki for Force India and I concur Bollicks £200 per day for me as a contractor. Now truckie/tyre man in GT3
I’m curious to know what you’re take on this is. One of my Collector’s was a mechanic with McLaren when Mika was there.
Agreed. Unless things have changed drastically in the last 20 years. I was freelance doing electronics and radio and worked for several F1 teams the guys earned about 1.5x as much as a good garage mechanic plus bonus for points. In my day there was no such thing as a specialist pit crew, they were all team members, for example the lollypop man was the electronics engineer, tyres were mainly handled by the truckies and the mechanics did the other jobs. Team member were not paid for their pit lane skills, but their engineering skills.
@@MerlinIslandCrabCoveRailway correct. 👍🏻
I used to work in a garage changing tyres , weekly salary $595 , id would eb glad to offer my services for that price at one of the teams lol
bet for that kind of money they're offering you would cut a whole second on their stop, win them the race, cook them dinner and tuck them in bed. shit man 350k + bonuses, travel the world, see races, drivers and celebrities, be in very exclusive places, living a very decent life and having fun, gonna go check where to apply for as a chef.
How can I join this job?
@@khalasiriddhik9738 u probably need mechanical engineering degree
they are the mechanics, its not like they earn 300k a year for just doing pit stops
@@sergioccs74 i sense you didnt get my sarcasm
Most Crew members have engineering degrees and belong to the best of the best in their field. Look at how they are able to diagnose, repair and replace parts in the blink of an eye.
Mechanics don't have engineering degrees, engineers have engineering degrees. Mechanics assemble the car, the engineers design it.
mechanic≠engineer
@@dgonL Yes and no a good engineer not only designes but also understands how everything works together. Therefore they work in the team with a couple of function. One of them is working as a mechanic. If you designed the car you don’t need specs sheets and can react way faster to changes and repairs.
Thats why most box mechanics actually are engineers
@@Mortimer992 That's just not true. If the mechanics were engineers they would be called engineers but they aren't. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Engineers would be overqualified for this job.
@@dgonL There is something called mechanical engineers' and some of the pit crew also work as engineers in the company, in return for changing tyres they get to travel the world instead of sitting at the factory.
All these numbers are completely fake. The mechanics don't get paid based on what position they have during a pit stop (because it's only a very small part of the job).
Yep
I work for an f1 team and can say this video is made by someone with a wild imagination
Wheel gun doesn’t automatically send signal once wheel is tight anymore
Clearly this is a comedy channel. Surely you cant take those figures seriously.
It’s insane to me that the front jackman makes less than wheel carriers. I feel like extra compensation for almost being ran over every time they come in for a pit stop makes sense.
It's all complete bullshit, pit crew are actually members of engineering team, mechanics, etc. They get paid depending on what their main job is, and get pit stop duty they can do best. Wheel carrier might be sr engine mechanic and paid $500k and front jackman might be stickers & decorations guy getting paid $90k
@@egork92 exactly, not to mention each teams budget for paying their staff, idk where they got these numbers from and i wouldnt trust it one bit
He doesn't front jack man is usually the chief mech of one or other cars
He is placed there because he is expendable. It is not the soldier in the desert who earns the highest salary either tho' it is him or her, that takes the bullits..
Speaking from experience your figures are way off. Race win bonuses and not really paid anymore and it’s just championship bonuses. You are correct that the ‘pit crew’ are made up from regular team members
So what are the figures then? If you’re gonna disagree at least provide numbers
@@raulsonn Why would I provide them? I can only provide accurately what I was paid which is not something I wish to share, and inaccurately what others earned. The reason they are incorrect in the video is because we're talking about people salaries that are not usually publicly know, and most people don't and won't share if you was to ask them. In my opinion it would be silly of me to post figures here. The easiest way to find out the salaries with more accuracy is to look on a teams website at the jobs they have available or better apply for one.
@@raulsonn you cant really tell the exact numbers even on average, because pit crew members have other duties as well. In fact being a pit crew member is the secondary job for the most ppl. So this video is not accurate at all
Lol yea someone was having a complete laugh making up these numbers.
@@OllieEllis I get that, and I also respect you not wanting to share your own salary. I was Just overly curious to get a number.
I’d be interested to hear where you get your information about their salaries. I worked for McLaren in their 2008 season and most of the pit crew guys I spoke to did not earn anywhere near the amounts you’re claiming.
My next question is how did you land a job in F1 industry? I dont ever recall seeing they list their job ads 'Wanted, Pit Crew for F1 Ferrari/McLaren/Mercedes immediately!'
@@flfreaks3745 I didn’t say I was pit crew. I worked on their race team in 2008 season but not as pit crew. I operated a weather radar for them back then in a team of two. It didn’t last long because Meteo France came in and took the job for all the teams.
I was a full time team member for an IRL Indy Car Team in 1999. I was also on the over the wall pit stop crew as the Air Jack/Fuel Vent man. I was responsible for setting up the pit box at every race. And taking care of tires. At the shop I was the gofer taking care of the Hauler and all the small jobs at the shop.
My salary was $30K per year and 1% of any prize money. Would be interested to know what they make now days.
Where did all this info come from
I’m sorry. Where on earth have you got these numbers from? My friend works for Alpine and I’ve just shown him this video. He’s asking for a pay rise as we speak…
Fun fact. He didn’t and is still on his original wage. No2 mechanic and wheel changer in pitstops
Hugh must be really proud of his brothers Front and Rear
I don't belive that with earnings of 150k crews would be so upset about having 24 races rather than 21 for example, they must earn much less
keep in mind that 24 races means being away from family and friends for about half of the year, and their job not only being apart of the pitcrew but also anything from building the car to setup changes. that can be hard for a lot of people
@@Tom472202 Not saying that it isnt hard for them or something but normal mechanics probably still earn much less than them so yeah, that's the job they went for
most of them would be working on the car (not just changing tyres) and know their shit, they aren't mechanics they are qualified engineers who went to the top universities and did extremely well
dude this is not like accurate... at all. Where tf is your source because i'm very intrigued. I've looked into jobs like this before, and the average salary is around £30k
they make £50-80k but they are regular factory mechanics chosen for that race
i guess they get bonuses per race they are in pit crew
Would love to see where you take these numbers from. And why would you put Christian and Toto as thumbnail when you don't even cover their salary in your video?
BONO's Bonus money gotta be HUGEEE!!!
Wow 500 dollars for every win,Redbull pitcrews making making money this year 🤑
I just want to polish the cars when they come in. Any openings?
The fire extinguisher man is very under paid, if there is a fire it’s him who has to put it out and then everyone’s lives are at risk, for 30k is not worth it and I won’t work hard for that, but mad respect to the ones who do it.
Yeah for an amount that low. There will be some excessive burns when I'm on duty
I wonder how much of their time they are working and how much they are actually spending at home.
If they are constantly traveling without a break/flying home as the racers do. Are their stayings/Food/expenses all covered as well?
Then they basically have very little expenses each year and can save up a crazy amount. a year.
Ofcourse their travelling cost are paid, just like Football team pays it's player's hotels and apartments. When Ronaldo first joined United as a kid, Man Utd paid for his house.
id bet that they wouldn't go home unless its a 2+ week break, these people would have to pack up and set up the garages aswell 2+ days before the weekend and a day after probably so their breaks are probable Tuesday Wednesday where they get to choose what they want to do?
@@Jacopski I worked on an ALMS team. We were generally away from home over 200 days a year. F1 nowadays is a totally different beast. The crew you see in the pits stops do not setup the garages or tear them down. There is another crew that will do most of that work.
@@MEchanicAL_LSTAR Yeah they do, as you should know all the team chips in the breaking down the garages on a Sunday evening. Yes there are some people that have that as a specific job but everyone helps.
@@MEchanicAL_LSTAR wrong the guys that do pit stops also pack up and build the garage. Generally fly out of uk on a Monday or Tuesday then return home the following Monday or Tuesday if a single event
Nonsense figures, you can see the actual salaries on offer for various team roles in the job vacancy sections of the UK based racing press.
where do you get them numbers from? some of the drivers for the lower team only earn about $50k more than some of the numbers thrown around here ..😂😂
0:20 Damn they mistook Bottas for an engineer
This video is misleading. Every single pit crew member that is involved with the pit stop has a main job, engaging in the pit stop part of the race is a secondary job. They most certainly do not solely do pit stop work. I forget which video, I think it was Mercedes, but one guy was the team at track IT manager when he wasn’t worried about pit stop duties.
I would be surprised wages were that high except for lead engineers perhaps.
The absolute highest paid trackside crew make $150,000 a year, and that's the lead race engineers, I.E. Bono and GP. Most of the engineers in pit crew are making under $80k a year.
Why would you assume that other pit crew members make under 80k a year when you haven't done any research or made any videos about this topic while this channel actually done the research?
@@maskedgamer7565 Because I have done research, and most travelling F1 mechanics make ~$80k a year. And considering the traveling mechanics are the pit crew, that's the salary of the pit crew.
@@_kijetesantakalu show me your research
@@maskedgamer7565 Literally search "How much does an F1 mechanic make". This video references a single article written by a journalist who doesn't even report on F1.
@@_kijetesantakalu Ah that's how you do research.
good pay and probably during races food and board paid for, seems really nice
To put into perspective - lower tier pilots get around 0.5-1M$ according to rumours
with these salaries I dont think the teams can work within the current budget requirements....lol. 150k to 400k for just the pitcrew depending on position...haha
I don’t think so. I was always under the impression it was more like 30k
Where the hell did you get those figures from! Nearly 20 years in Formula 1 and I earned £36,000 in my final year. Points money was £20 per point. For that money I was front Jack man and gearbox mechanic. Some races in 2010 we didn’t sleep for four days in a row.
Biggest load of Bull sh1t I ever heard.
Damn I’d do front jackman for half xD
They are fully qualified mechanics and I think what people forget is that they are away from home for 8-9 months of the year no friends no family not a 9-5 Monday to Friday job more like March till December job
Lol what are the sources of these numbers?
Go to UK companies house and search UK based F1 teams, you can see what they spend on salaries, then divide it by the number of employees, it certainly does not even touch 6 figures, let alone for regular employees/mechanics. Someone is having a complete laugh.
No regular employee is sipping champagne and caviar on the few days off they now have on the 23 race calendars. Don't go to F1 let alone motorsport if you want a luxurious life.
I wanna be the Fire Extinguisher Man.
This is wrong on so many levels - pit crew are just mechanics who assemble the car while doing pit stops during the race. They barely make more than 60k.
This guy acts like he knows more than the actual pit crew.
in Mexico you have a long straight, So allow the Mercedes to run freely down the straight and do not hold back the car with too much down force, use the long straight to you advantage it is about time that you Mercedes stop putting too much down force on the car when it is not raining the car should be flying down the straight like a rocket, go for straight line speed and do not pay too much attention on going around the corner
Are all the crew members travel and accommodations paid for buy the team as well
I have a friend that works as a chief mechanic design engineer at Rolls Royce and earns 250k per year. So a guy that change tyres earns 270K plus bonuses per race...seriously?
F1 is different. F1 chief engineers make millions a year.
@@speedlife301 The numbers quoted in he video are complete bullshit
F1 salaries vary greatly depending on the team. So this is more likely an average. Also, none of them work just for the pitstop, it’s just something extra they do. They’re still the team’s mechanics and engineers. When the drivers crash in practice or qualifying they’re the ones responsible for fixing the cars in a very short period of time. Lewis Hamilton makes around $50MIL/year. I would think Mercedes would want to have the best mechanics/engineers motorsports has to offer.
yeah he changes tires and does other thing for the team as well. Being pit crew guys is not their main duty
Fangio paid his crew a percentage of his prize money .......They loved him .
No source for these figures? Not really believable. Mechanics don't make $500k a year.
All figures quoted in Hong Kong dollars
How Much Money Do Formula 1 Pit Crews Make?
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the flashing light on the wheel nut gun does not represent the nut is tight this guy does this from feel they are not allowed any devices that tell them the nut is tight it is physical feel, the nut is torqued up to the correct setting for the race by hand wrench during the tyre change he/she must do this via physical feel
Not enough since their legs are always on the line
I saw a video a couple of years ago that said these guys made about $40K a year, that's quite different than what this video said.
For the mechanics sake I hope this video is right.
the numbers in the video are full of shit
Yeah and if it is 40k, that's ridiculous for F1. It's a dream job but damn pay them a little more to feed themselves!
Seems a bit too high. So a single team cost millions each year in just paying salaries?
The single biggest cost for any company is labor, otherwise known as paying employees.
Oh man, that's insane. I don't begrudge anyone for making that amount of coin -- good for each and every one of them -- but I think it's time for me to stop submitting my resume to be a barista at Starbucks. I could do that shit in no time. Plus, I don't have the stupid calf muscle tattoos.
Drag racing pit crews don't make anything unless they are on a top team ... Problem is there's about ten teams on T/F and F/C that pay crewmembers ... It's mostly volunteers ...
Give over, where on earth did these numbers come from?!
Im not sure what relevance the Romain Grosjean crash has to do with "fire extinguisher man"? That fire was clearly put out by the medical team and thus obviously having nothing to do with a pit crew.
rip pitstops
What a load of shit, I work in motorsport in the WEC and have lots of friends that work in F1 mechanics/pit crew staff earn nowhere near those figures, more like £50-75k with podium bonuses. Also there jobs aren’t just based in the pit lane. Some work on the car all the time, some work in subassembly, some work in parts department. The pit stop element is a tiny proportion of their job
I was a wheel man for about 12 months for an F1 team. But I got tired of it, It wasn’t a Goodyear!
Take those numbers with a pinch of salt
Can I be a bump stop for like a K for week
350k a year to loosen and fasten a single wheelnut once, maybe twice a race? Damn you PhD MD degree!
Most of them are top mechanics and have a masters degree,
@@nipuns7663 point is you don't need one to operate a wheelgun.
@@donkremer6019 the point is without a degree you'll get job in your neighborhood tyre shop.
@@nipuns7663 I already mentioned the point. You can't overwrite it.
The most exciting part of an F1 race, hen the Cars are stopped ~ even the commentators wake up
Some of the salary numbers are pure bogus
My hats off to the guys who do the job , tobe away from you family for that amount of time throughout the year,must be hard
If you do have family you are not even qualified for the job.
These wages depends on the team.
These figures are just made up out the sky, the pit crew get no bonus for fastest stops, the pay is determined by what role you do in the garage not by your position. Biggest load of lies I’ve watched in a while!
realy, the single guy in danger of getting run over gets 150K, while the tire changer gets 270k o.0 and the tire screwer gets 350k. Realy, realy weird.
Your videos a basically under 5min,please time is everything
Is this in Rubles or pesos???
If you're going to fake numbers, at least get the bonuses upon winning a race to be more realistic...... $250 :)))) that's not even pocket change in F1.
source: trust me bro
Sources?
A potato
‘Trust me bro’ 😂😂
@@chaycowdry9775 😂😂😂 or ''I know a guy . . .''
From his ass
Need to at least take a zero of them figures 😂😂
fucking hell i never thought these pit crew members earn so much money
Don't believe everything you see on the internet - somebody on the internet
RBR mechanics are the richest then 😂
starting to love this channel
Maths are a incorrect
I just wanna clean the garage that's all, 350usd a day for me will be great😀
This is pure bollocks.
No F1 race team personnel earn this sort of money. Not the ones that get their hands dirty or sweat.
Nonsense, made up figures. I know a mclaren mechanic and he has said he is being ripped off if this is true. 60 -70k pa is average plus bonus.
Corporate CEO'S have nothing on f1 pit crews
What rubbish. Salary isnt for carrying the wheel or stabilising the car. These are highly qualified mechanics working long hours, and away from home 30 weeks a year
Can you please tell me about this?
I’ll be a lollipop man for $1M
Where in Gods name did you get your figures from?
Jesus wept! 🤣
Wtf is this guy on about? Fake stats and info all the way...
Damn I work my arse of hard every day for next to nothing and there’s lollipop men getting paid a million to hold a stick
I hope that you dont believe what he tells in his video.. complete BS those numbers
Jack-Man.. Not Jackman, its not his surname.... ;)
$250k are you fucking bonkers? Try $65-90k
WOW SO WRONG!!! Where the hell do you get your facts??
1 million for holding a sign!!!!!!!!! You don't have to be a driver then!
It’s not always the money yk sometimes it’s about loving the motorsport
I think I can do that
This is a load of rubbish, Yuki, a driver got about 500k last year I wouldn’t expect over 100k for pit crew
This is utter, utter horse crap. Trackbased F1 mechanics earn anywhere from £35k at the junior end to £70k/80k towards the top end. The numbers in this video were plucked out of the air. Also, F1 is a killer for anyone with a family - most trackside F1 staff I know (and that's a fair few) have been divorced multiple times.
Wow. Thats quite good money they make as pit crews
Sorry, but I find hard to believe in these numbers. Need a trustworthy source.
Agreed. New drivers get $750k a year, I have a hard time believing these numbers when budgets are now 120m or so a year and a 100s more at the factory also need paying
Glad they're well-compensated. They should be. Also, makes me wish I had chosen that path. But, as an American, I'd likely be stuck in NASCAR and that's definitely not cool.
@Old Jim I said it wouldn't be cool to be stuck in NASCAR. NASCAR is, by far, the most boring of any racing series. There, I said it.
I'd even go so far as to say that, from a technical standpoint, I'd prefer to work a demolition derby than NSASCAR,
If you watch this video till the end you'll have earned $5,000 USD🤣