Lewis Hamilton is hoping efforts to end the current grip of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull at the front of the grid can offer hope to McLaren and Williams in 2021.
Formula 1 owners Liberty Media are trying to close up with competitive order by increasing standard parts and more importantly through a budget cap to address the huge financial inequality the sport currently has.
Historically, it is the non-manufacturer teams like McLaren and Williams that would benefit due to their impressive operations, but right now both are currently sat at the back of the grid as they undergo the worst competitive spells in their existence.
“It is crazy to think we’ve got Williams right at the back of the field who once had Nigel Mansell in the car and Damon Hill, winning championships and McLaren, who were really the founding family for me, also having a struggle for a long period of time,” he said ahead of the Japanese GP.
“I really just hope there is light at the end of the tunnel for them and I hope that 2021, whatever is decided with Liberty, I hope that helps and that they do a good job in that decision-making process and that potentially helps.”
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Hamilton admits, however, that one thing he has learnt in his 10 years in F1 is just how fine the line in between racing at the front and flailing down the order.
“As I get older and understand business more and people like Toto [Wolff] and how they run an organisation, it becomes a lot clearer for me how things can also go wrong – as it once did for example with this team, with different figureheads at the top, different structure and all those different things,” he added.
“Business anywhere is not easy to get right.”