[wolfhound]

There would appear to be a number of reasons why there are a number of teams are struggling and others are getting richer.
In my view it goes back to when FOCA threatened to start a break away series a few years ago and Max brought in the 'budget cap' teams (now Caterham & Marussia). If the breakaway had happened Bernie and CVC would have had nothing to promote and sell to TV companies to make their billions.

With the new Concorde agreement Bernie wanted to make sure he had the important teams namely Ferrari, McLaren and his mates at Red Bull/Torro Rosso. To do this he offered them good financial deals to sign up. He then included Williams and Mercedes after much haggleing. The rest were left with take it or leave it deals and it appeared as though he wanted to get rid of Marussia by not giving them anything. However the midfield teams get a lot less than the top teams. How the non favoured teams are going to survive long term is anybody's guess because trying to raise money inthe unequal struggle will become extremely difficult for them.

Bernie was making sure he had all the important teams covered so that he andd CVC could continue with their gravey train for another few years. What will happen when Bernie leaves the scene is anybody's guess but i suspect we will have a major civil war.