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McLaren-CEO Zak Brown finds the construction with a sister team, such as Red Bull Racing does not fit in Formula 1 with AlphaTauri. The American hopes that the FIA will put a stop to it.
The budget cap will be active in Formula 1 from 2021. It meant that a Formula 1 team was not allowed to spend more than $145 million in 2021. In the coming year, that amount will be reduced by USD 5 million. Also Ferrari has with Haas a sister team and it could experiment with that without spending too much money. That advantage should disappear, according to the CEO of McLaren.
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Ten real constructors
Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo were often engaged in a battle with the AlphaTauris over the past year. Brown sees that the ‘B teams’ benefit from the developments at the top team, he says in conversation with Motorsport.com: “The rules, as they are now, are very much in favor of B teams, or customer teams.” The sharing of data must therefore stop: “Formula 1 must consist of ten real constructors, with each team – apart from sharing the power unit and possibly gearboxes – have to design and manufacture all performance-oriented parts itself.”
Agreeing against the interests
Formula 1 was initially a constructors’ championship in which major car brands competed against each other. That is no longer the case today. The teams’ independence is at stake, Brown said: “As I’ve said before – and these teams won’t admit it – there are times when smaller teams will vote against their own interests to please the A-team. ” According to the American, that is the problem: “That is not part of F1.”
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