[JamesH]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Further to my posting above, there are further distortions that need to be taken into account when you compare the two sports' events, and I don't know the figures for these.

The BBC also sells the broadcasts from both F1 and Wimbledon to other countries, and there is a possibility that much of their costs are recovered by those sales. The Beeb will now lose that income stream from F1.

Any income from F1 was, presumably, negated by the cost of licensing and producing it. Otherwise, they would still be showing it. This decision was to save money. They MUST have taken all income streams into account.