McLaren boss Zak Brown has known as for stronger management in Formulation One to cut back the ability of larger groups and stop the head of motorsport from turning right into a “pantomime.”

In a chunk on the 12 months forward posted on the McLaren web site on Monday, Brown mentioned some rivals have been in search of “excuses to boost the price cap and win world championships with chequebooks” whereas additionally gaining a bonus with B groups.

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With out naming names, the American mentioned “at occasions it has appeared the game is ruled by sure groups” and extra management was wanted from Liberty Media-owned Formulation One and the governing FIA.

The FIA final month elected a brand new president, Emirati Mohammed Ben Sulayem, rather than Frenchman Jean Todt, whereas Italian Stefano Domenicali took over final 12 months as Formulation One chief govt.

The 2021 season resulted in uproar, with Mercedes accusing race director Michael Masi of robbing Lewis Hamilton of an eighth crown with a late change to the protection automobile process that favoured Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen, who took the title.

Each Mercedes workforce boss Toto Wolff and Pink Bull’s Christian Horner spoke on the radio to Masi in the course of the race and the Australian official’s future stays unsure, with some sustaining that his place has grow to be untenable.

Brown mentioned the previous had been characterised by “a primarily autocratic fashion of governance,” a reference to many years beneath former supremo Bernie Ecclestone, and a extra consultative strategy had been essential to reset the game.

“Transferring ahead there’s a must shift again to stronger, extra directive management and governance on the high of the game,” the American mentioned.

“It’s clear that a number of the guidelines and their governance will not be acceptable as issues stand.”

Brown mentioned the groups had contributed to inconsistencies in policing the rules and had voted for lots of the guidelines they now complained about.

He steered the occasions of Abu Dhabi, topic to investigation by the governing physique, resulted from systemic failures with “a seeming lack of preparation for the occasions unfolding and momentary inertia on the options.”

“It’s the groups who utilized the strain to keep away from ending races beneath a security automobile in any respect prices,” he added.

“It’s the groups who’ve been utilizing the broadcasting of radio messages to the race director to attempt to affect penalties and race outcomes, to the purpose the place an over-excited workforce principal performs to the gallery and pressurises race officers.

“This has not been edifying for F1. At occasions it is felt like a pantomime audition fairly than the head of a worldwide sport.”