Both teams are aware of the significance of the series, with a place in the international top six eliminating the need for pre-qualifying for the Champions Trophy.
The team's English driver Jenson Button led team-mate Rubens Barrichello to a one-two in qualifying on Saturday and is the pre-race favourite for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.
While you can generally deduct interest payments and discount points (pre-paid interest) on a qualifying home mortgage if you itemize, you may not deduct processing fees as deductible expenses.
Finally, the fastest 10 cars will shoot it out for the top 10 places for the final 20 minutes - but with the amount of fuel with which they will start the race, with fuel being put back into the car after qualifying according to a pre-arranged formula.
Prospects are now self-qualifying themselves, and then pre-qualify prospective vendors they choose to meet with, perhaps as few as two, or even just one.