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Mercedes to pay highest ever F1 entry fee in 2020

Mercedes' success in its record-breaking 2019 Formula 1 season means it must pay its highest-ever FIA entry fee for next year, despite scoring fewer points than in 2016.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W10, 1st position

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W10, 1st position

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The FIA mandates a basic fee for all teams to enter the F1 world championship plus extra for each point gained in the previous season, with the constructors' world champion hit with a slightly higher rate per-point.

Mercedes became the first team in F1 history to score six consecutive title doubles by clinching the drivers' and constructors' championships this year. It scored 739 points throughout the season, better than all its title-winning tallies since 2014 except its 765-point haul in 2016.

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However, the FIA has slightly increased the points-based fee in the past two years based on the US Consumer Price Index, which means Mercedes must pay more than ever for its F1 entry for 2020, despite scoring fewer points than three years ago.

The FIA has set the basic 2020 entry fee for all teams at $556,509, plus $6,677 per point scored in the 2019 season for the winning constructor and $5,563 per point for everybody else.

That amounts to $4,934,303 for Mercedes' 739-point haul this year, just under $200,000 more than its points-based fee from 2016 and over $600,000 higher than 2019.

It means Mercedes' total entry fee comes to $5,490,812, more than $2million more than the next highest entry fee.

Second-placed finisher in the constructors' championship Ferrari must pay $2.8m for the 504 points it scored this year, taking its total fee to $3.3m.

If Mercedes paid the same per-point rate as its rivals, its entry fee would be more than $800,000 cheaper.

At the other end of the table, the Williams team's poor season means it has comfortably the smallest points-based fee: $5,563 for the point Robert Kubica scored in the German Grand Prix.

Team-by-team entry fee costs for 2020

Team

Points

Points-based fee

Total entry fee

Mercedes

739

US$4,934,303

US$5,490,812

Ferrari

504

US$2,803,752

US$3,360,261

Red Bull

417

US$2,319,771

US$2,876,280

McLaren

145

US$806,635

US$1,363,144

Renault

91

US$506,233

US$1,062,742

Toro Rosso

85

US$472,855

US$1,029,364

Racing Point

73

US$406,099

US$962,608

Alfa Romeo

57

US$317,091

US$873,600

Haas

28

US$155,764

US$712,273

Williams

1

US$5,563

US$562,072

The price of Mercedes’ success (2015-20 entry fees)

Season

Previous year’s points

Points-based entry fee

Cost per point

2015

701

US$4,341,994

US$6,194

2016

703

US$4,354,382

US$6,194

2017

765

US$4,738,410

US$6,194

2018

668

US$4,137,592

US$6,194

2019

655

US$4,292,215

US$6,553

2020

739

US$4,934,303

US$6,677

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