McLaren CEO Zak Brown has called for a new budget cap currently being discussed to be implemented fully in 2021.
A limit of spending to $150m per season is believed to be one of the keystones of Liberty Media’s vision for Formula 1 as they look to address the current inequality between the top three teams and the rest their extra performance directly linked to their bigger pockets.
All appear to concede it is a necessary measure, but the main stumbling blocks are how it will be policed and how it should be introduced with current plans for a three-year period to address any issues.
“I wish they would start the full budget cap immediately in 2021 as opposed to a glide path, ’21, ’22, ’23, as I think ‘let’s get the sport to reset as quickly as possible’,” the McLaren boss was quoted by GPFans. “I’m looking forward to that.
“FOM’s cost cap and their revised revenue distribution, I think, that’s going to be very healthy for the entire sport and ultimately put on a much better show for the fans which is what the sport is all about.”
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McLaren is one of the most vocal voices on this topic as the rise of the manufacturers in recent years along with Red Bull has come at the expense of the British team, who hasn’t won a race in F1 since 2012.
“I think that will get not only McLaren but other teams more competitive, and I think that we’d all agree if we came to Abu Dhabi and there were eight or 10 drivers that could win as opposed to the two that we would all guess, it would be a better show for the fans and healthier for the sport, our partners, and television,” Brown continued.
“I think we’d all win in that situation.”