According to a recent Dunn and Bradstreet report Red Bull and Toro Rosso are the only F1 teams that paid their bills on time this year.
From sour grapes comes a little whine. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88850 "The truth is we left because FOTA defends only the interests of the big teams," Kolles told Gazzetta dello Sport about the background to HRT's decision. "For example, it doesn't divide the extra points revenues in equal parts as planned. The difference in TV rights revenues seems excessive between 10th place, which gets $36 million, and 11th which gets $10 million. So why should the entry fee be equal for everyone?" 10 million is a generous sum considering the 34 seconds HRT got in television time last year.
Lotus was six months late. HRT didn't supply any figures. Might be because they haven't paid yet and the clock still is running.
One of the FI creditors said that if VJ sold his yacht he could pay this and next year's bills on time.
Why? Sure, they're a joke right now and splitting from FOTA is a bad move, but they're filling the grid - The dwarf is happy, and everyone makes some $..... Cheers, Ian
