Zac Brown praised F1 and the FIA’s work on capping costs and growing the sport as a whole, but brought up the issue of Red Bull and AlphaTauri’s ownership again.
In a letter to fans after the end of the season, McLaren manager Brown praised F1 and the FIA’s work on cost caps to equalize teams’ financial structures. He believes such a move will encourage several OEMs and teams to compete on the grid.
However, Mr. Brown revisited the issue of ownership structure. He realizes that Red Bull not only owns its own senior team, but also AlphaTauri. He cites the example of major sports leagues that don’t allow this.
He says the current approach is unhealthy for the sport, as data is exchanged between the two F1 teams and even data useful for development is collected. Mr. Brown would like to see debate and change when the next details of the Concorde Agreement are discussed.
“From a regulatory point of view, both the FIA and F1 need to be assessed for budget caps that ensure fairness and equality of competition that did not previously exist,” Brown explained. To do. “This has also led to tremendous value creation for the team thanks to all new investors and an overall roster that is more competitive than ever.”Meeting cost caps is 100% supported Masu.
“However, there are opportunities to improve other processes in F1 to strengthen the values of fairness and competition.” The sport is not perfect and as we look to the upcoming Concorde Agreement negotiations, the governing body In order to unite teams and commercial rights holders, we need to prioritize some rules that currently impact fairness between competitors.
“For example, most other major sports prohibit owning two teams within the same league because it can have a clear negative impact on competition.” This is just off the track It is an unhealthy situation because it affects decisions that affect both parties. Accessing more data, sharing components or talent, or even influencing strategic alignment goes against the spirit of the regulation.
“It is important to insist on independence, competition and fairness, and in the future the regulations will be in place to ensure that the influence of strategic alliances, especially ownership from one team to another, is prevented. “We want changes to be true to the brand and all teams except the power unit must be completely independent of each other.”
“F 1 fans generally believe in fair competition and a level playing field and will reject any measures that threaten the true spirit of competition within F1. Partial information sharing within F1 , shared ownership models, strategic alliances.” “F1’s sporting structure only undermines fans’ confidence in fair and tough competition,” Brown concluded.
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