FA @ joseluisf1 Gazzetta speaks of a meeting with Domenicali and Newey on Thursday at 21:40 According to Gazzetta, the signing of Newey would be one of the conditions for the arrival of Vettel to Ferrari in 2015
Autosport F1 costs data: http://plus.autosport.com/premium/feature/5530/the-true-cost-of-formula-1/ RED BULL RACING Budget: £235.5m (estimated) Income: £240m Profit: £4.5m net Income breakdown: £110m Red Bull £60m sponsors £70m FOM earnings 2012 SCUDERIA FERRARI Budget: £250m (inc engines) Income: £260m Profit: £10m (group) 2012 Income breakdown: £160m sponsors, inc FIAT/Ferrari £20m customers £80m FOM earnings 2012 MCLAREN RACING Budget: £160m Income: £180m Profit: £20m (2011) Income breakdown: £120m sponsors £60m FOM earnings 2012 MERCEDES GRAND PRIX Budget: £160m (inc engines) Income: £150m Profit: -£10m 2011 Income breakdown: £50m Daimler £60m sponsors £40m FOM earnings 2012 LOTUS Budget: £130m Income: £120m Profit: -£10m Income breakdown: £30m Genii £45m sponsors £45m FOM earnings 2012 FORCE INDIA Budget: £100m Income: £75m Profit: -£25m Income breakdown: £30m group companies £10m sponsors £35m FOM earnings 2012 SAUBER Budget: £90m Income: £75m Profit: -£15m Income breakdown: £40m sponsors £35m FOM earnings 2012 WILLIAMS Budget: £90m purified, (exc Hybrid Power) Income: £90m Profit: £0m Even Income breakdown: £30m PDVSA £28m sponsors £32m FOM earnings 2012 TORO ROSSO Budget: £70m Income: £70m Profit: £0m Even Income breakdown: £32m Red Bull £8m other £30m FOM earnings 2012 CATERHAM Budget: £65m Income: £65m Profit: £0m Even Income breakdown: £26m group £9m driver and other sponsors £30m FOM earnings 2012 MARUSSIA Income: £51m Budget: £51m Profit: £0m Even Income breakdown: £30m Marussia £15m driver and other sponsors £6m FOM earnings 2012
How come Caterham earned £30m from FOM and Marussia £6m? I didn't think the gulf in prize money was that big. Also rather shows the financial state of F1 - check out the amount of external investment needed even at the top just to break even.
The top teams earn more from FOM than the lower teams have to survive on for an entire season.... and then they scratch their heads as to how to level the playing field. Not exactly rocket science is it?
Mercedes, lotus, sauber, and force India are spending more money than marussia and caterham yet making less profit. Also it's clear marussia and caterham will never close the gap with the budget they have mainly due to the massive gulf in FOM prize money
Since theres no race thread (and I'll make one tonight if needed) the forecast is currently for thunder storms on Saturday.
Hmm, not sure this will look as good as Abu Dhabi or Singapore, both those venues have surrounding buildings/marina/fancy coloured hotel that make the race "pop" more at night, the Bahrain GP is in the middle of a desert, not sure how good that will look at night?
oh but they do have the funky palm trees with the red strip lights around them which I want in my garden...
Pretty meaningless, but I quite liked it: Raikkonen is very similar to the dutch, "Rij-kunnen", which translates as "can drive". Seems apt.
