Within the wake of the controversial implementation of F1’s security automotive restart guidelines eventually 12 months’s F1 season finale, motor racing’s governing physique has begun an in depth investigation.
However amid some considerations that the FIA may attempt to brush beneath the carpet any errors that had been made, Brown believes that it is crucial for the game’s credibility that followers are given a correct reply about what actually occurred and why some choices had been made.
For whereas he thinks that F1 will rapidly transfer on from the Abu Dhabi controversy as soon as the brand new 2022 season begins in Bahrain, he equally feels there’s an onus on the FIA to deal with the Abu Dhabi investigation with the seriousness it deserves.
Requested by Motorsport.com about potential injury that is been accomplished to F1’s picture by the Abu Dhabi fall out, Brown mentioned: “I feel with all controversies in sport, in time, as quickly as the subsequent season begins, the injuries begin to heal.
“However I do suppose the FIA wants to return out with a, this is what occurred, this is how and why we expect it occurred. Here is what was proper, this is what was unsuitable, and no matter they are going to come out with within the report, after which present that they’ve taken motion to ensure it would not occur once more.”
The FIA has blamed the dimensions of the Abu Dhabi controversy on followers and the media ‘misunderstanding’ the state of affairs, however it’s clear an enormous variety of the game’s followers stay sad concerning the method through which the security automotive guidelines had been applied by F1 race director Michael Masi.
Whereas some have gone so far as suggesting that there was a conspiracy behind Masi’s choices to assist boost the championship battle, Brown will not be satisfied that there was something particularly nefarious.
Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing
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“I do not suppose this was a malicious choice,” he mentioned. “So for those who might need a view that the game’s corrupt, and so on. I do not agree with that.
“Do I feel doubtlessly a distinct choice may have been made? Sure, in all probability. However I wish to wait to see what the FIA comes out with.
“I feel we have all seen in sport earlier than, referees make choices that the individuals disagree with. Generally they’re proper, generally they’re unsuitable. It will get fairly thrilling. However then the [new] season begins and it quickly turns into a factor that, whilst you always remember about, it was a factor of the previous.”
Brown additionally believes that the FIA wants to take a look at its wider operating of F1 too, as a result of he thinks that adjustments should be made on a variety of points – and never simply the security automotive guidelines.
“I am assuming they are going to come to a conclusion that figures out a approach of find out how to higher make choices transferring ahead,” he added. “And that is what I am most involved about, as a result of the result of Abu Dhabi did not impression us. I am extra involved with simply transferring ahead.
“[Look at] driver penalties. Lando [Norris] was an incident away from dropping his license [last year], which was loopy, as a result of I can not consider any time Lando drove dangerously.
“We wrote to the FIA and F1 with seven races to go and mentioned Lando is one pushing Perez off a monitor and never touching them away from dropping his license. To me, factors in your licence ought to be about harmful driving, not racing incidents. So I am extra involved in all that getting cleaned up as a result of we had been racing and frightened about Lando.
“Whereas everybody I perceive is laser centered on Abu Dhabi, I am trying on the final two years and going we’ve obtained to form of clear all this up.”