F1 and its governing body have found themselves on the receiving end of a wave of criticism for the way in which the 2021 season ended in controversy after the way a late-race safety car restart was handled at the final race.
While an FIA investigation into the events of Abu Dhabi and questions over F1’s decision-making process is ongoing, Brown says the lessons of 2021 show that change is needed.
He says that the arrival of new FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem offers a great opportunity for a much-needed new approach that could avoid the kind of “pantomime audition” scenes that F1 descended in to last season.
Writing on McLaren’s website, Brown said: “It is clear that some of the rules and their governance are not acceptable as things stand. No one is happy with the inconsistency in the policing of the regulations, but which has been habitually exploited by teams for competitive advantage.
“I have said before that the teams have too much power and it needs to be reduced. We…
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