F1 Honda, Money For Nothing
The Honda Formula One team has reported the highest costs of any organization in Formula One, according to its latest accounts.
In the season just ended the team finished eighth in the world championship but burned through £147m ($220m), with almost all the funding provided by the Japanese car company that owns the team.
Think about that figure a moment.
For 220 large you could buy, depending on location, about 100 million Happy Meals. Or about 70 million gallons of gas for your Gas-Hog.
You might even be able to fully fund 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup teams for the same amount.
Meanwhile, Detroit’s Big Three are in D.C. begging the Political Kleptomaniacs for a bailout claiming they are all in “Dire Straits.”
You have to ask yourself, if Honda spent all that Money for Nothing…. did they get the “Chicks for Free?”
Sorry, I couldn’t resist the temptation. But you knew it was coming right?
Related nonsense: Even Mickey Mouse is running scared of the escalating cost of F1.
Oh wait!
That Mouse is French, so it’s expected.
Consider this, Honda’s total sales are a fraction of Toyota’s, they are by no means the biggest Japanese auto.
Ahhh they didn’t subtract the Super Aguri costs!
Yeah, but slicing off 25% for Super Aguri still leaves enough for about 75 million Happy Meals.