By now, we’re all effectively conscious that sports merchandise is pricey. You desire a Yankees jersey? That’ll be 100 bucks. You desire a Lakers cap? Another $50, please. However Components 1 is a sport that excels in extracting as a lot cash as attainable from its followers. And after outrage over the worth of F1 merch when it hit Miami, the game has outdone itself with a brand new pair of Chanel tees.

The tops in query aren’t really licensed by Components 1, however they do characteristic a glamorous design that’s closely influenced by the game — notably its iconic Monaco Grand Prix.

On the entrance of 1, there’s a blue race automobile that’s careering its approach spherical a shiny race monitor. The Chanel-badged racer is flanked by the blue of the ocean, and a smattering of flowers and shapes that mimic the Monaco skyline.

The second has a purple background with a black Chanel-badged automobile racing throughout it. There are extra flowers encircling the automobile, and textual content that reads “Chanel 5.” They’re each good tops, I’d in all probability put on one thing very related out and about if I noticed it on the market in H&M or Zara.

However these tops aren’t from H&M or Zara. They’ve each obtained these two little Cs entrance and heart, which implies that these tops really prices much more than my t-shirt-buying finances will enable. In actual fact, HighSnobiety reviews that they’re really priced at an eye-watering $4,450.

That’s not simply an astronomical quantity to spend on a tee, it’s an astronomical quantity to spend on something Components 1 associated.

If you’d like some context, the unofficially-most-overpriced race on the calendar, the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, doesn’t even cost this a lot for entry. Positive, the six-figure suites we’ve lined listed here are extreme, however even a grandstand ticket to the race will set you again lower than half the worth of those tops.

Clearly, it’s a tee that’s aimed on the sort of folks that may afford to spend $130,000 to tie up their yacht in Monaco as a substitute of slumming it with the followers on the streets of Las Vegas.

And in spite of everything, a bit of merch like this goes to final you, what, a few years? The recollections of queuing hours for a portaloo whilst you watch race automobiles flash previous within the blink of an eye fixed will final you a lifetime.