The FIA and the Formula 1 teams have agreed to a budget ceiling of $145 million for the 2021 season. The budget is expected to be further reduced in the coming years as they look to attract more engine manufacturers into the sport. This ceiling does not include the drivers’ salaries and the salaries of the top four employees of the team. Nevertheless, teams find loopholes and spend hundreds of millions of dollars per season. A lot of money is spent on R&D in increasing the downforce and improving the aerodynamics of the cars. Most of this is done either by wind tunnel testing or through CFD simulations. The FIA has, to even the playing field, stipulated that the higher a team finishes, the less time they will get in testing aerodynamics.