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Originally Posted by wolfhound
To the best of my knowledge most series organisers charge a commission of about 10% but CVC want 100% if they could get away with it.
They made over £550 million in 2012 from F1 and have all sorts of side deals with suppliers that it is difficult to workout exactly how much more. If £450 of that was shared between the 7 teams outside of the 4 big teams it would keep them in a nice position financially.
However must not forget the GP organisers who have to get about £300 from every spectator to make ends meet.
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As I've stated in another thread. It's not that the teams don't have enough prize money to survive, it's because some of the teams insist that it's shared out unfairly.
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20131006/f1/131009861