McLaren staff boss Zak Brown hopes the introduction of recent rules in Components One forward of the 2022 season will make the battle for the drivers’ championship a extra open competitors this 12 months.
Adjustments to advertise nearer racing and enhance overtaking alternatives will come into drive forward of the beginning of the brand new marketing campaign in March, within the first main shake up of F1’s guidelines since 2014.
Final season’s title race was probably the most dramatic within the historical past of the game, as Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to the championship on the ultimate lap of the season, however Mercedes had additionally loved an unprecedented stage of dominance beneath the previous rules.
With the 2022 season subsequently offering groups a clear slate, Brown wish to see a number of groups heading into the ultimate Grand Prix of the season with an opportunity of profitable the title, after a marketing campaign which noticed Mercedes and Crimson Bull win the vast majority of races.
“My hopes are that we go into Abu Dhabi subsequent 12 months with three or 4 automobiles who can compete for the championship, I feel that’s the final word aim,” Brown stated.
“I feel this 12 months has been spectacular, up and down the grid, and I hope with what has been put in place and the brand new automobile designs, and the intent of the brand new aerodynamic bundle, that what we’re seeing now could be only a style of the longer term.”
McLaren made important strides final marketing campaign, profitable their first race in 9 years as Daniel Ricciardo received the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Lando Norris additionally loved a powerful first half of the marketing campaign, as McLaren battled with Ferrari for third place within the constructors, a battle finally received by the Italian staff.
There have been some fears that the change of rules may convey a brand new period of dominance for one staff in the event that they get forward of the pack early, as was seen in 2009 as Brawn surged to the title and in 2014 when Mercedes took benefit.
However Brown believes that will probably be a special story this time round, predicting a tightening of the sector.
“I’d be very stunned if subsequent 12 months was a boring marketing campaign with the brand new automobiles,” Brown stated. “I feel you’ll get some winners and losers and a few surprises. I’d be stunned if there was dominance.
“You would get a staff who’s perhaps dominant for a small time period like Brawn was after they discovered one thing in 2009. However I feel with the fee cap now in place, you possibly can really feel the stress that’s placed on the groups who stopped growing this automobile in costly of subsequent 12 months.
“I’d be stunned if the sector didn’t proceed to get nearer.”
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