F1 driver Lewis Hamilton has roared past David Beckham to become Britain’s wealthiest sports star.<br /><br />Six-time world champion Hamilton is worth £224million, up £37million in a year, the Sunday Times Rich List has found.<br />Becks, 45, had raked in £200million jointly with wife Victoria by the time he retired from football in 2013.<br /><br />So Hamilton, 35, has overtaken him as the most affluent active sports star in the list’s history.<br /><br />He and golfer Rory McIlroy, 31 — worth £170million after becoming world No 1 again — are the only sports names on the main Rich List.<br /><br />But sports hotshots dominate the Young Rich List, for those aged 30 or under, taking 18 of the 50 places.<br /><br />Heavyweight boxing king Anthony Joshua, 30, whose fortune is estimated at £107million, is the only non-footballer among them.<br />Real Madrid ace Gareth Bale, also 30, was named the richest young footie star with £114million.<br /><br />Sunday Times Rich List compiler Robert Watts said: “Being the best in the world at what you do is well rewarded in any business or profession.<br /><br />“Sport is no different. It is no coincidence that Lewis Hamilton and Rory McIlroy are the only two sportsmen to make the main Rich List.”
