Red Bull face F1 entry fee hike after 2021 success

After their added points haul in 2021, the effect of the Formula 1 entry fee system will mean Red Bull face an increase in how much they have to pay to enter the new season.

This will be set to amount to an extra fee of around $1.4million [£1.05million] to get themselves on the grid in 2022, with the Constructors’ Championship runners-up facing the biggest increase in payment of all the teams, according to figures published by Speedcafe.

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The cost to enter Formula 1 is set at a flat basic rate of $556,509 [£410,000] per team, according to the Formula 1 Sporting Regulations, but the fee only increases from there – with the amount payable dependent on the previous season’s results.

The teams also pay an extra fee per point scored, with $5563 added onto the price for each point by nine of the teams, with the Constructors’ Championship winners due to pay $6677 per point.

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This puts Mercedes’ entry fee far clear of the rest of the field, having to pay a reported $4.65million to put their