Even though it was recently announced, and we also wrote about it, that the eleventh F1 team is coming, there was also a "small" unpleasant undertone mixed into the joy.
Anyway, it's great news that the barriers to joining a new team have been removed, but this is not due to the kindness of the participants. Rather, it is because instead of the previously planned $200 million, $450 million will now go to the "league", so for two and a half times the amount they were willing to be kind...
This means that General Motors has to pay more than three racing seasons' worth of costs up front to even talk to them and actually get the right to participate. This amount will be divided between the already active teams, in what proportion it is not yet known. However, international media are whispering that if all teams share the income equally, each will be enriched by an amount equivalent to the reward of the last two teams in the constructors' championship - just because they gave way to GM.
The entry of the Americans will also abolish the old, relevant rule: until now, each team had a share of the sports revenue, but from now on, of course, only the top ten will enjoy it.
