The strong form of both Ferrari and Haas in 2022 has put a renewed focus on the co-operation between teams that supply power units, gearboxes and other technology to their customers.
Aside from using the Mercedes power unit, McLaren doesn’t have any relationships with other teams, although it has been mentioned in connection with a possible future co-operation with the planned Andretti operation.
Seidl stresses that there are potential benefits to be gained by the senior team in any partnership.
“It has two issues,” said Seidl when asked about relationships between teams. “It allows B-teams with let’s say, less effort, putting less effort in, to overperform. But even more worrying is that the A-team is benefiting from it.
“And that is obviously the worrying thing, with the ambition we are having as a team. I still hope we find solutions here, because clearly the target we’re having the ambition is not to have a second team, for example.”
He added: “I hope that F1 never ends up in a position that you need to have a second team in order to fight at the front.”
Seidl insisted that McLaren’s position wasn’t influenced by Haas’s current form.
“It’s just a matter of principle where F1, the FIA, the teams, need to decide what F1 should be in the future,” he said. “And again, our position hasn’t changed, and has nothing to do with current sporting performance of teams.
“Again, we just want to make that clear. Haas deserves all the results they produce at the moment, because there are regulations in place, and if they fulfil the regulations, there’s nothing to complain about, which we also don’t do.
“It’s about principle, and what should F1 be in the future. Again, we think that F1 should be a championship of constructors. This means everything that is car performance related, all the IP that is relevant to car performance, needs to be done by the team, by the specific teams.
“That means you should only be allowed to share the…
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