If history is anything to go by, Bernie won't help any of these teams that are in trouble. He let the original Lotus operation vanish over a few million dollars, and later Brabham, which used to be his own team. Perhaps (but probably not) he has learned the importance of keeping the famous names in the sport, but even recently he stood aside and let Caterham go into bankruptcy. He did nothing to help Manor, who is still probably on shakey ground.

A lot of other teams have come and gone too, and no one ever received any help from Bernie. Meanwhile, Ferrari gets more money than anyone, even when they suck. They don't even need it, but the back of the grid never sees much money at all. It is no wonder the teams are on the verge of a rebellion.

The only answer is to cut the costs and run cheaper cars. You can't do much about the cost of travel or salaries, and other fixed expenses, but you can make the equipment cheaper to run. We need less complicated cars. Just this weekend Manor missed the race because they could not pay their software bill. How much software did a Cosworth DFV use anyway? Do we really need all of this billion dollar stuff just to race?

Look to Indycars for proof that fast cars can be built much more reasonably. Those cars cut 230mph laps at Indianapolis so how much faster do you really need to go?

I think something like the mid 90s CART package would be sensible, and still allow blinding speed and good technical development. what they are doing now with the ridiculous "green" hybrid systems is burning money for no good reason other than to appease the eco-whackos.