< > With four races to go in the 2017 F1 season, the fight out front is largely done-and-dusted in the constructor’s championship. Mercedes will be first, Ferrari second, Red Bull third and Force India fourth. However, behind that quartet is one hell of a midfield battle, with just 14 points separating fifth from eighth. No, fifth place isn’t normally something you’d pop the champers about, but for (in order) Williams, Toro Rosso, Haas and Renault, the significance is huge – it all comes down to money. Employing the sort of labyrinthine, massively-complicated payout structure that only Ron Dennis could appreciate, it’s not easy to figure out just how much each team takes...
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