Formula 1: nearly a billion dollars redistributed to the teams – The World

of the 11 teams Formula 1 involved in the world championship this season, only 10 will receive a share of commercial revenues distributed by the sponsor of F1, FOM (Formula one Management) and its iconic president, Bernie Ecclestone.

According to information revealed by the British magazine Autosport April 6, on a turnover of Formula 1 to $ 1.9 billion in 2015 to a profit of 1.4 billion two thirds will be distributed in 2016, 9% more than in 2015, amounting to 965 million dollars (848 million euros)

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the FOM has scheduled nine installments over between March and November, and a final early 2017, according to a distribution grid complex, which combines the results of the last three seasons and bonuses negotiated by the largest and oldest stables.

So the American team Haas, newcomer of 2016, will be entitled to any business income, not even a welcome bonus, when he arrived in F1 already attracted strong interest in the US market, according to Autosport . She also managed an unexpected start to the season and in the points with sixth place in the French-Swiss driver Romain Grosjean in Melbourne on March 20 and a fifth place two weeks later in Bahrain.

A complaint filed in 2015

in contrast, and as in previous years, Ferrari, present in F1 since 1950, takes all with $ 192 million, or 20% of total distributed, said the Belgian journalist Dieter Rencken, which gets every year these highly confidential and never contradicted figures. The double world champion title Mercedes-AMG will hit $ 171 million, thanks to a bonus of $ 35 million related to the fact that he chained two titles in a row.

The third very stable well served is Red Bull Racing, fourth from last season: $ 144 million, far ahead of Williams (87 million), which has just completed two years running in third place

the calculation of such income. and their unequal distribution, brought two independent teams, Force India and Sauber, to file a complaint in 2015 for unfair competition before the European Commission. Since then, “conversations” on the subject were held between the Commission and the FOM, Mr. Ecclestone said at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Without further action.