Ross Brawn, managing director of motorsport in the Formula One Group, believes all proposed future changes must be carefully evaluated before being submitted for implementation.
The former F1 team boss was drafted in by new commercial rights holder Liberty Media to help shape the sport’s future with the American leadership looking to implement drastic changes from the era under Bernie Ecclestone into the next Concorde Agreement, which is due in 2020.
Over the years, several rule changes introduced without much pre-planning have affected the sports negatively, therefore, when considering a different approach, Brawn believes all outcomes must be taken into considerations in collaboration with the governing body, the FIA, and its president Jean Todt, who worked with Brawn at Ferrari.
“We want to make sure that when we do come forward with our ideas, that they are very well thought out and all the various elements have been properly sorted, discussed and are in place, so we have a complete proposal to take the sport forward,” the former Honda and Mercedes team boss said.
“It’s got to be in co-operation with the FIA, the FIA are the regulators of our sport and they are the final arbiter of what goes on in the sport.
“We want to supplement and support those activities and make proposals that we think are good for the sport.”
One major area that will see much debate in the months and years to come is finance, with Brawn and the other F1 bosses wanting to introduce cost-cutting measures and address the inequality between the big and small teams in regards to revenue distribution.
Concerning how the teams will be approached in the discussions, Brawn explained: “It is a circular process. To have a discussion about remuneration with the teams is difficult if you don’t present both sides.
“We’ve got to present how we see the sport going forward in terms of the investment that the teams make because it’s substantial.”
Despite the difficult conversations that will be had, Brawn was confident of one thing.
“I think it’s fair to say that there’s not a team in F1 that wouldn’t welcome a reduction in costs,” he said.