F1 World Thrown Into Chaos Over The Insane Cost Of Being F1 Champions

F1 fans are debating over it.

It has been revealed how much Red Bull have to pay the FIA to enter the 2023 season and it is an incredible amount. The teams pay a flat entry fee plus a fee per point achieved in the 2022 season, but for the fee per point is higher for the championship winners. 

Red Bull will have had to pay £5,080,000 ($6,242,636). @ToniCowanBrown posted to Twitter:

"The downside of winning the F1 championship? The cost of the superlicense. Each driver/team pay a flat fee for their license, but you also have to pay upwards of $5,000 for each point scored in the previous season Red Bull is looking at an entry fee of $6M for 2023."

One fan responded:

"That’s a bizarre rule !"

With Toni Cowan-Brown following it up with:

"I actually like it. I'm not sure if I've ever been totally onboard with the drivers paying more based on their points. But from a team perspective, I like it."

Someone else commented about the cost cap, saying:

"Makes a mockery of the fine for exceeding the budget cap eh?"

Makes a mockery of the fine for exceeding the budget cap eh?

— John H Salisbury (@John_Salisbury) December 13, 2022

Another Twitter user took the conversation over the cost cap further, writing:

"Why? Two completely separate amounts for separate issues. Now if they lacked the money to enter into the ‘23 season due to the budget cap fine, that would be a different matter. But that’s not an issue, I guess. Oh: I still feel any fine should’ve been under the budget cap btw."

To which the user who brought the cost cap up responded:

"Because the amount charged for cheating is about the same as the amount charged for winning."

Another user and F1 fan was not bothered by it at all, saying:

"Don’t worry about it !! It’s just a way of the FIA recovering some of the prize money back & it’s a drop in the ocean compared to what you get for winning the championship."

Don’t worry about it !!
It’s just a way of the FIA recovering some of the prize money back & it’s a drop in the ocean compared to what you get for winning the championship.

— joff hall (@joffa81) December 13, 2022

One user made a suggestion to change the rules so the teams pay a percentage of what they make in the year.

"Personally think instead of points it should be a % of how much you earn in the previous year including sponsorships attached to yourself."

Another fan pointed out that the teams spending would have been much higher before the cost cap was put in place, so it should still be affordable for them. They wrote:

"Redbull was spending around 400M $ per year before the budget cap. 6M $ does not seem to be a big problem from this perspective" [sic]

Redbull was spending around 400M $ per year before the budget cap. 6M $ does not seem to be a big problem from this perspective :)

— Giovanni Ferrari (@ferro_giova) December 13, 2022