Better cost cutting measure in Formula 1

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Here's a brief article discussing F1 finances. Apparently, only the top 4 have long term financing. Not good!

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=397625&FS=F1

The report said only Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are secure from a financial point of view, with at least half of the sport's teams fighting for survival.

Auto Motor und Sport named HRT as the team with the smallest budget (EUR 40 million) and lowest head-count (120).

On the other end of the scale are the reigning champions Red Bull, spending 330 million annually.

The report said Virgin (60m budget and 220 head-count) and Lotus (70m / 240) are the other minnows, with Williams, Force India and Toro Rosso running on just EUR 80 million.
 
Meh, these things have a way of sorting themselves out. So the top 4 teams are the only real competitors, that's still 8 cars in contention, that's more than there are football teams in with a chance of winning the league. If the back of the pack had to bail the sports popularity would shrink, making it less justifiable for the top teams to pump in so much money, making it competitive again.
 
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