Combined with the limit to the number of slots on the calendar, this fueled an arms race between prospective race hosts and it drove up the race hosting fees. F1's race hosting fees have crashed under Liberty Media sponsors.formulamoney.comThe accelerating hosting fees put pressure on many of F1's most well-established races in locations like Britain, Italy and Spain. Adding to the pressure on them is the fact that F1 race hosting contracts typically contain escalator clauses which increase the hosting fee by arond 5% annually. This year's event was set to be the last but Liberty broke the gridlock by slashing its hosting fee. It means that Liberty can't bank on significant growth from race hosting fees so where could it come from?

Source: Forbes December 14, 2019 10:41 UTC