East Londoner wrote:mario wrote:Rob Dylan wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123156
Sauber having trouble with money again.
Given what happened with the team last year, you suspected that it was more of a question of when, rather than if, their financial problems would return.
Isn't this the season where Sauber receive a cut in the amount of TV money they receive, due to their 10th place in the 2014 WCC? I think the payments are backdated a season or two, if I remember correctly.
Either way, I seriously worry for Sauber's future when Nasr moves on, given Banco do Brasil money basically kept the team afloat last season.
As I understand things, a team is eligible for "Column 2" payments if they finish in the top 10 at least twice in the previous three years.
However, I think that Sauber would have taken the pain of that 10th place finish, and the subsequent cut in revenue, last year - bear in mind that one reason why Sauber tried to hinder Manor's revival was the fact that they were hoping to receive Manor's cut of the revenues from FOM that were due to be paid in 2015.
That said, they are probably still hurting from the fact that the team was more accustomed to finishing in 6th or 7th in the WCC rather than 8th in 2015, and moving up the WCC rankings is likely to become harder now that Toro Rosso have a better engine package.
