There's an interesting poster on Atlas that seems to know a lot about the Brawn situation, seems Bernie has done a right number on the team....
"As we know Honda has now officially turned into Brawn GP. But not everything's done and dusted...
The FIA allowed the change in name on the basis that Brawn GP should be 'a new team'. These three words are crucial. Formula 1 teams are only allowed to change their name once every five years. For every other change in name (at the end of 2005 BAR was renamed Honda), the approval of all the other teams, as well as the commercial right holders of the sport (Ecclestone) have to give their approval. This time there was no unanimous acceptance. Not the teams (as suggested in the quoted post above) but probably Ecclestone was blocking things. The fact that Brawn GP is now a private team is a thorn in his flesh: what he hoped for were external investors (probably the reason why, for a certain period, Ecclestone himself was involved in the Honda negotiations with potential buyers - AFCA), which would have allowed him to plan things with the team in the long term thanks to the financial safeguard.
Without the unanimity Brawn GP can only enroll themselves as a new team (a new entry, using the words from the FIA). The standard fee for a new entry may have been waived but this may still have serious financial consequences. Prize money as well as television and marketing revenues are not rewarded to new entry-teams.
In total FOM divides $ 500 million over the teams. This amount of money, in turn, is divived in two columns. In the first column are the teams that have finished in the top nine twice in the past three years. Each team receives 10% of the grand total. The distribution of the money in the second column is based on the success the teams had in the preceding year. The best team (WCC) gets 20% of the $ 500 million, the worst team gets 3 %.
As an absolutely new team, Brawn GP won't receive anything from either of these columns.
And now Brawn GP can also forget the risk premium of € 35 million from Ecclestone (see very first quote in this post). From each team Ecclestone demands a written declaration of intent that says they'll stay in F1 for (at least the coming) five years. Red Bull didn't assign that decleration for Scuderia Toro Rosso because the team is to be sold. Brawn GP hasn't been able to sign that decleration either.
But the FOM money is already calculated in the first budget plans of Brawn GP. The Brackley based team should therefore be looking for sponsor money right away, or should try and make a compromise with Ecclestone, otherwise they may have a dificult time (also designing and developing the 2010 car) keeping its head above water."
Read AFCA's posts in this thread. Some very interesting stuff on the developement of the car and what had to be shelved.
http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?postid=3527236#post3527236
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im gonna like this red button me thinks lol
