Ever wonder how much a year of racing costs?

"Bakkster, touring car driver" (Bakkster) 08/26/2013 at 18:04 • Filed to: motorsports

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Grand-Am GT: $2 Million
ALMS GTE: $4 Million
Formula 1: $80-325 Million

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GhostZ > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/26/2013 at 18:09

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How is this cost broken down? Is it cost to the governing body, or what? Does it take into account what drivers pay to be in the seat?

EDIT: Nevermind. Photo wasn't showing up. Cool infographic!

Brian Tschiegg > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/26/2013 at 18:10

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I can do it for half.

Bakkster, touring car driver > GhostZ 08/26/2013 at 18:15

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Both costs are simply the season's running costs for a car. So to buy chassis, engines, tires, all your other parts, then to pay drivers, crew, transportation, etc.

Group B-raaaaaaaaaap! > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/26/2013 at 18:16

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It looks like after 2008 driver salaries were scaled way back. Bernie's doing?

delete-me-please123 > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/26/2013 at 18:19

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"Oh you guys are so cute"

Brian, The Life of > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/26/2013 at 18:21

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Just for comic relief, we really need a LeMons data point in this infographic :)

Bakkster, touring car driver > Group B-raaaaaaaaaap! 08/26/2013 at 18:23

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It's the sum of the top three drivers. Massa is on the list in 2008, and in 2009 he was sidelined due to injury. Why Kimi is still top in 2010 I don't know, he wasn't driving that year.

Almost seems like Ferrari drives the salaries, particularly if the drivers are performing.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Brian, The Life of 08/26/2013 at 18:51

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This. It'd be great to see what running a year of LeMons would actually cost.

Hell, a year of amateur rally would be great too.

MikeMeade > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/26/2013 at 18:57

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As a side note, I was talking with a Spec Racer Ford instructor about the cost of racing. From his words, the car costs $15-20,000. After that, expenses are between $10,000 and $100,000 per year, depending on how competitive you want to be.

Racers who are leading the class are replacing items like brake discs and shoes every race to reduce drag, where budget racers can make them last a whole season.

Even cheap racing costs money!

Bakkster, touring car driver > MikeMeade 08/26/2013 at 19:47

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Yup, which is why I always laugh when someone claims a sim racer should 'just buy a spec Miata' instead of buying even a several thousand dollar piece of kit for their house.

MikeMeade > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/26/2013 at 20:02

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I took an intro class, and I've been dreaming of ways to find the money ever since. It may be a lot of money, but it was a lot of fun too.

2BWise > Bakkster, touring car driver 08/27/2013 at 11:19

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The Raikkonnen addition is hilarious. Ferrari (Santander) paid out his contract not to drive, so that they could put Alonso in his seat. He was the highest paid driver and didn't even drive!