Romain Grosjean still expects Formula 1 to have “two races in one” in 2021 despite new regulations aimed at closing up the field.
All new cars, designed to promote closer racing, and a budget cap of $175m are the main measures being introduced to try and solve the increasing inequality between the top three teams and the rest of the grid.
But while Frenchman does believe they are a step in the “right direction”, he doubts F1 will return to the level of competitiveness seen early on in his career.
“When I started there was still the chance to see six winners in the first six races. Today we have six double victories in the first six races,” Grosjean told Motorsport-Total.
“There are two races in one race and that’s a shame. But I don’t think that will change anytime soon, definitely not in 2021.”
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As for why, Grosjean added: “There is no budget limit this year, so the big teams will use all their resources to be ready for 2021.
“But there are some great ideas after that. I think Liberty is pushing things in the right direction.”
And it is the longer-term which Grosjean’s Haas team is also looking to, with team boss Guenther Steiner explaining why they won’t increase spending to meet the new budget cap next year.
“We’ll stay with what we have got. We are quite conservative with these things, we are not going to do that,” he told RaceFans.
“We do what we are doing and try to do it as good as possible.
“Because the next thing is the teams which now increase [spending], when [the cap] gets decreased again, they are the guys which then cry about it: ‘oh, we increased it’.
“Yeah, I mean, you knew it was coming. If you have no vision and you just do what is convenient at the moment maybe that doesn’t work,” he concluded.