Lewis Hamilton and his fellow F1 drivers are not happy. Their super license has gone by 500%.

Super license is the amount of money each driver has to pay – it has the base fee that has gone from Ł1300 to Ł7500 ($14.780) per year and for each point every driver scores they have to pay Ł1500 which converts to $2900 (before it was Ł350 per point).

Lewis Hamilton is among the ones most severely hit – his super license was Ł171.000 ($337.000) with Fernando Alonso not far off and World Champion Kimi Raikkonen topping both of the amounts.

Now the drivers are threatening with a strike that might even take place at the British Grand prix at Silverstone on July 7th.

While some might argue it is the case of spoiled rich boys that want more money in their pockets Alonso claims that is not true “If I’d had to pay this amount of money three or four years ago it would have been a much bigger percentage of my salary… I’m sure there are still drivers scoring many points for whom it is not easy.”

A strike would be disastrous for the British Grand Prix because Silverstone has already been sold out.