Final points tally and extra cash

[Hugh Jarce]

Help me out chaps!

During the ITV coverage on Sunday there was a little comment slipped in that mentioned that the final season's points scores have a bearing on the cash / expenses offered for next seasons travel etc.

Now I know that placings effect things like pit lane order, but how does this handout work and how much dosh are we talking?

It seems rough a rough deal to give the bigger teams even more money and then penalise the smaller one's who desperately need the cash.

Wot d'ya think?

[Kex]

"...the total TV revenues are thought to be a little over $400 million (£285 million) per annum....each teams share is therefore worth at least $17 million (£12.1 million)......Minardi probably receive about $16 million (£11.4 million) while Ferrari probably receive about $19 million (£13.5 million). And considering how little risk the teams took on in the history of the televising of F1, $17 million is hardly chicken feed".

(From F1 Racing Magazine, November 2000)

Bump those figures up a bit and thats the ballpark figure. A lot of speculation however.

[Total-F1]

I still can't get over the fact that trackside and VIP ticket revenue stays entirely in Paddy McNally's pocket - the guy really has played a blinder with that one!