Discussions on the new Concorde Agreement (the Concorde pact that regulates sporting and commercial aspects of F.1) have been ongoing for some time. The discussions have entered a heated phase, with various proposals admitted to the table and the parties involved committed to defending their interests. On the eve of the Monte Carlo weekend it emerged that the access criteria reserved for new teams intending to enter Formula 1 will be changed, one of the hottest announced topics.
The maximum number of teams admitted to the start of the world championship should remain unchanged (twelve), but the proposals aim to change the entry parameters required for new teams. In addition to the financial ones (increase of the current one-time fee of 200 million dollars and a first season without access to the prize money) they could be included in the Concorde of sporting requirements. There is talk of palmares in the preparatory series, namely Formula 2 and Formula 3, championships in which a team (which requires access to F1) must boast a successful path.
It is unclear whether race victories are enough, or whether winning a championship will be required. In the latter case, the number of teams with the right cards would be even smaller, and would have two consequences. The first is that of a major limitation (since the new F.2 and F.3 were launched, the titles reserved for the teams in the two categories have been won by seven teams, of which five are still active: Prema, ART, Dams , Trident and MP) the other the exponential increase in the value of the teams themselves.
Obviously the constraint would block applications from structures operating in other scenarios, and not for this reason of a technically lower level, leaving only the purchase of teams already present as an entry route. This last aspect is very dear to the ten teams already present, who have seen the value of their structures quadruple since 2021.
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