World champion F1? That will cost you 250 million

Posted on 05-02-2015 at 17:05 by JordyS – 47 Comments”

Success to buy? In the Formula 1. There is the one with the biggest wallet is often the best and drive the armoedzaaiers in the rear. But what price-tag depends on a world title?

The preseason is since this week in full swing, but if there is this year, one thing is clear, is that the sport just reserved for a select group of car manufacturers and billionaires. Caterham is missing as well as especially in Melbourne, Wagered everything there (with the car of 2014) yet at and also teams like Lotus and Force India had the necessary bumps to overcome in the run-up to the new season. Force India is even a large part of the wintertests miss and that is, on z it mildly, not ideal.

If there is one team where all the wind goes, then it is Mercedes. There was last week already gegrapt that Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg with their cars now itself for the races, because the brand-new W06 incredibly reliable. Not that strange of a look, because after a look at the budget and of the German-British team you know enough.

The development of the car for 2014 started in 2011 (!), while the budget year after year up was adjusted. The pot of money was in 2010 (the first year of Mercedes) already pretty full, but the budget of 153 million euro pales to the amount in which the team in 2015. Since 2013 the team each year, namely to € 250 million through hunting, as according to the German Auto Motor und Sport.

That had, however, the desired outcome, because in 2014, the team to both world titles. Did the cashier pretty ring, because it took the team about 100 million euros. Pay that huge investment of Daimler himself, still a bit back…