Kriti Mehrotra
Although born in the wondrous commune of Ivry-sur-Seine in the suburbs of Paris, France, Doriane Pin has always asserted she believes her true home is the racetrack. That’s because she has been in love with motorsports ever since she was a toddler, seeing her father organize various karting events as the owner-operator of a local business called Fun and Race. Therefore, as chronicled in Netflix’s ‘F1: The Academy,’ having later gained inspiration from the likes of Lewis Hamilton, it comes as no surprise that she dreams of making it to the F1 grid one day.
How Did Doriane Pin Earn Her Money?
While it’s true that Doriane Pin’s passion for karting and racing began bubbling when she was just 5 years old, she didn’t actually get behind the wheel until over 4 years later, owing to her stature. According to records, even though both her parents were unwaveringly supportive and most aspirants do indeed begin learning how to kart at the age of 6, she had to wait until she was 9½. Nevertheless, during this period, she didn’t let any opportunity to show her competitive side go to waste by taking up tennis, which also helped her develop important skills like coordination. In the end, it was 2013 when Doriane started racing, only to realize early on that she wanted to do this for the rest of her life because the speed, the vibration, and the smell had her hooked.
Doriane subsequently spent the ensuing three years navigating the karting scene across her homeland, gradually improving her finishes until she came third in the 2015 Subaru Karting World Championship. She even made her debut in the French National Championship, Coupe de France, and Rotax MAX Challenge (RMC) France for her class in 2016, securing 20th, 14th, and 5th place respectively. As per Doriane’s account, her family has never been able to financially back her dreams since they hail from a working-class background, so others’ kindness has gone a long way for them. In fact, while her father himself decided to become her full-time mechanic, some of his acquaintances/friends sponsored her early years in the industry for absolutely nothing in return.
As time passed and the driver began securing podium positions and wins, Doriane used these positive outcomes, as well as the finish benefits offered, to finance her future on the tracks further. She took on the French National Championship from 2017 to 2019, too, at the end of which she did indeed walk away as the Champ, all the while also competing in various other leagues, including the 2017 Coupe de France, 2017 IAME International, 2018 IAME Finale National, and the 2019 Karting Slalom Cup before she finally made the switch to open-car racing in 2020. Since then, she has not only earned the nickname “Pocket Rocket” but also done wonders in the 2022 Ferrari Challenge Europe, 2022 Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali, and the 2023 F4 South East Asia Championship by securing 1st, 3rd, and 2nd place, respectively.
Doriane also ended her first year in the F1 Academy in 2024 in 2nd place before being asked to come right back for her second year in 2025 under the banner of Prema Racing. Moreover, with experience in the Renault Clio Cup, Le Mans Cup, GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, FIA World Endurance Championship, and Lamborghini Super Trofeo, she has recently also had the chance to compete in the Formula Regional European as well as Middle East Championships. In other words, it’s clear that at the age of 21, the young driver is doing everything in her power to secure a significant future for herself in the industry she so loves.
Doriane Pin’s Earnings and Net Worth
Considering the fact that Doriane has been actively racing for over 12 years as of writing, it’s safe to say she has managed to accumulate notable wealth for herself and her family. However, per her own accounts in the aforementioned series, this isn’t at a level where she can relax about her future just yet—because motorsport is an incredibly expensive sport. Drivers have to cover a lot of costs themselves, including their share of travel, the car, the tires, the helmets, the track, their mechanics, their equipment, and more. While they do get support in the form of salaries and likely performance bonuses from the different teams they sign with across leagues and series, that only goes so far.
Doriane’s primary source of income seems to be her sponsorships, along with her winnings from some of the events or overall championships she’s dominated in her earlier years. The F1 Academy doesn’t offer a monetary prize, and neither do the Ferrari Challenges or the F4 South East Asia Championship; instead, they provide opportunities for a driver to move up the ranks. So while her recent earnings from prize money have been minimal, her success in different cups earlier on likely earned her around $10,000 per year over the years.
Coming to her sponsorships—being a Mercedes F1 junior driver, an Iron Dames driver for Endurance Championships, and a Prema Racing driver for the F1 Academy—she likely brings in at least $70,000 to $80,000 per year from these deals alone. On top of that, with 216k followers on Instagram, 63k on TikTok, and 2.4k subscribers on YouTube, she earns from her social media presence too. Assuming she averages around 500k views per month across platforms and earns around $5 per 1,000 impressions, she’s likely made about $60,000 from social media so far, plus a small amount—roughly $650—from YouTube’s ad revenue.
So, taking all of these aspects into account—her early race winnings, sponsorships, social media income—and factoring in all the expenses, it’s fair to estimate that Doriane Pin’s current net worth is $250,000.
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