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We'll call this a rumor for now, but there is some rumbling that the current roster of Formula 1 drivers is so fed up with the rise in FIA Superlicense fees that they may go on strike as early as the British GP at Silverstone next month. F1Fanatic is reminding us too that this wouldn't be the first such strike. Drivers refused to race way back in 1982 over similar issues. It's actually a pretty funny story and well worth a click to read.

This current mess all stems from the World Motorsport Council's recent decision to hike fees for that license-to-thrill-at-will that is the FIA Superlicense. True, F1 drivers earn a ridiculous amount of money, but it's the principle of the matter.

As we recently explained, the standard fee for a Superlicense was just €1,690 for a newcomer, with an additional €447 for each championship point scored in the previous season when you returned the following year. The new fee structure now starts at a staggering €10,000 base fee, plus €2,000 per championship point. Kimi Raikkonen, for instance, fresh off his drivers championship last year, will have to pay €230,000, an unbelievable €199,255 more than last year. So it's not surprising these drivers might be upset. Break out the posterboard, sticks and markers lads. Or, you know, take it to court in the off-season so fans don't get really, really sore with you.


Source: F1 drivers about to strike over outrageous license fees? - Autoblog

OK I agree 230000 Euro is a lot of money bur for them it's the same as if they would charge us 10 Euro. If you make millions of Euros per year please don't nag... and the ones that don't make that kind of money will only have to pay 10000 Eurp cause they ain't scoring points. If they use that money to do something good with our, why not?
I know the drivers won't feel the same, but I am just looking at from a neutral point of view here.

I had't heard of F1 strike before and it sounds fun, but anyway..

My point is that they should go for a strike, but not because of the huge fee, which is insane but they can cope with it, but because of the changes in F1. We want more fun!!!

PS. We want Schumacher back as well!

Although F1 drivers earn a lot of money driving, FIA are not justified to keep charing them more and more money. They are increasing the super license fees every year.

Amen to that

No Ralf can stay in DTM, or talk to his best friend JPM in NASCAR

I mean Michael

I know.

That may be expensive for the "monkeys" (as LEW1S call them) that pay for driving the slowest cars, but for someone who spends 400,000€ in a license plate? That's nothing.