What is it and how does it work?

There are a few sports that don’t require a dime to play. Running, swimming and wrestling spring to mind. Motorsport – and Formula 1 in particular – has always been the antithesis of those. By its very nature, large sums of money are required even to bring a single grand prix to life. Most of the drivers hail from wealthy (or connected) families, without which they wouldn’t have got into motorsport in the first place. The cars themselves represent the peak…