Zak Brown raises his voice and asks for intervention Formula 1 regarding the squeeze collaboration between Red Bull and AlphaTauri. The CEO of McLaren, in fact, admitted that one of the main topics that will have to be dealt with during the Concordat Agreement will be related to the introduction of a rule regarding the impossibility for the teams to be able to create collaborations that could then influence only in the results on the track. “The goals – Brown immediately specified – must be to improve some of the processes of Formula 1 to try to strengthen equity and competition. The sport is not perfect and, if we consider that soon we will have the opportunity to discuss the Concordat Pact, we should immediately give priority to some rules that affect impartiality between competitors".
Brown attacks the collaboration between Red Bull and AlphaTauri: "In many sports such agreements are prohibited"
Brown's message is very clear, and is directed at the collaboration between Red Bull and AlphaTauri which, as also admitted by the Faenza team, will increase even more starting from 2024.”To give you an example: most other sports prohibit ownership of two teams within the same league. It is also useless to explain the motivation: obviously we are talking about an unhealthy situation that affects decision making both on and off the track. Whether it's having access to more data, sharing components/staff, or other factors like that” continued the McLaren CEO.
The main objective, therefore, seems to be to enhance and specify the independence of each team, denying any possible type of collaboration: "I really would like to - He continued - that we can increasingly defend what we are independence, competition and fairness. I just want Formula 1 to be true to its brand where every team, except the power units, should be independent of each other.".
