Ever wonder how expensive it is for a manufacturer to compete in Formula 1 racing? Not surprisingly, it ain't cheap. Each of the successful teams spend hundreds of millions of dollars on their programs, but success is not necessarily tied in to how much dough was spent. For instance, Ferrari, winners of this year's constructor's championship with 172 total points, spent about $2.4 million per point in 2008. McLaren and BMW, numbers two and three respectively, spent a bit more than that figure, but still under a cool $3 mil. Honda and Toyota, though, had budgets nearly as large as the top-tier manufacturers yet scored significantly fewer points. In fact, Honda's meager 14 points cost the automaker over 28 million buckaroos a piece, making theirs the most expensive points of all. On average, teams spent about $4.3 million per point. No wonder the sport is looking to cut its budget as soon as possible. Thanks for the tip, Keith!

[Source: F1 Fanatic]
[source: Autoblog]

 

Ouch Honda!

 

Cool image. Have that in high res? Thanks.

 

Cannot wait to see the new aerodynamics for the next season!!!
Hmmmm
How much will that cost?

 

no sorry I copied it off autoblog.com but that is a great pic

 

Good point. With all the changes expected for next year (KERS, slicks, aero, etc,), the costs/point will probably end up doubling.

 

Here you go!

 

Awesome. Thanks.

 

Do you have a high res version of the pic you used for your avi?

Btw, during the last race, they said that a single F1 team over the course of 3 races spends more than all of the teams in sprint car combined for the whole season!!!

 

I think this is high res I'm a technophobe btw ..... hope this helps