Yup. They’re the only team to have contested every season of the F1 World Championship. When Bernie set up the Concorde system, Ferrari demanded special consideration because of this status, or they threatened to leave F1. Bernie considered Ferrari integral to the allure of the sport so they get an annual payment off the top for simply entering.
Is this just a ‘you’ve been around for a while longer than everyone else, here have some money?’ sorta thing?
Yup. They’re the only team to have contested every season of the F1 World Championship. When Bernie set up the Concorde system, Ferrari demanded special consideration because of this status, or they threatened to leave F1. Bernie considered Ferrari integral to the allure of the sport so they get an annual payment off the top for simply entering.
Basically back in the day Bernie was like we can’t have F1 without Ferrari, so yeah they get money just for rocking up.
They also threaten to leave every now and then so that amount goes up.