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Do any F1 teams actually make money?

Discussion in 'F1' started by sjb509, Aug 5, 2005.

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  1. sjb509

    sjb509 Guest

    Just curious, do any F1 teams make a net profit at the end of the year? Revenue brought in for advertising and licensing fees minus expenses?

    I cannot see any team, even Ferrari, adding to the bottom line of their parent company.

    Any insight?
     
  2. robert_c

    robert_c F1 Rookie

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    How has Minardi stayed solvent all these years? Or is it a tax write off for OzJet?
     
  3. BartonWorkman

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    Organizations like McLaren and Williams quite likely make a profit. If the new facility that McLaren has now is any indication, quite a nice one at that.

    The lesser teams like Minardi are likely subsidized by Bernie but the team is always for sale.

    BHW
     
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    SRT Mike Two Time F1 World Champ

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    I read somewhere that Eddie Jordan was the highest paid team principal, I think in 2003 or something.

    I belive the teams probably all operate at a net-zero basis but they probably adjust principal salary to make that happen :)

    For example, even Minardi has a big budget - what, $80-120MM a year? There's no way Stoddart is filling in the gaps. He's only spending what he takes in, and I bet he's paying himself pretty darn well.
     
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    Admiral Thrawn F1 Rookie

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    I can't remember which one it was, but one of the top F1 teams made a profit of around $60 million last year.
     
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    Ron Dennis:
    He seems pretty happy with the return on his investment!!!!
     
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    LightGuy Four Time F1 World Champ Silver Subscribed

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    If they were not making money, they would stop, after all like any other business thats what its about.
     
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    Couldn't of said it better myself. There is no way that they would continue on if they were turning negative numbers
     

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