Although it was recently announced, and we also wrote about it, that an eleventh team is joining F1, the joy was marred by a "small" unpleasant aftertaste.
It is undoubtedly great news that the obstacles have been removed before the new team joins, but it is not due to the goodness of the participants. It is much more that instead of the previously planned $ 200 million, the "league" will receive $ 450 million, which is two and a half times more they were willing to be nice to…
This means that General Motors has to pay more than three racing seasons up front to even be able to talk to them and actually earn the right to start. This amount will be divided between the teams already active, in what proportion is not yet known. However, the international press is gossiping that if all the teams profit equally, each will be enriched by an amount equal to the salary of the bottom two teams in the constructors' championship - just because they gave in to GM.
With the entry of the Americans, the old, relevant rule disappears: until now every team benefited from the sport's revenue, but from now on, of course, only the top ten will be able to benefit from it.
