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Originally Posted by crmalcolm
As a very broad estimate (based on extracts from books / public account records) the following shows the history of F1 budgets (all estimates in USD):
| Year | Team | Budget | 2022 adjusted | | 2016 | Mercedes | 350M | 400M | | 2014 | Red Bull | 320M | 372M | | 2009 | Brawn | 284M | 357M | | 2006 | Toyota | 393M | 545M | | 2001 | McLaren | 274M | 431M | | 1996 | Ferrari | 120M | 213M | | 1980 | Williams | 39M | 145M | | 1968 | Tyrrell | 97K | 789K |
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Interesting. I can just remember being with Tyrrell in 1984. There was a total of 12 staff. That included Ken the boss, his wife Norah who ran the stopwatches and made the sandwiches (!) and also BOTH drivers!