Bojan Vrbnjak
Zak Brown, first husband McLaren, is tight before the start of the race end GP of Portugal took care of a lot of attention with an open letter. The American spoke about the voting process in Formula 1 Commission, which is supposed to be a concern as they are partner teams from manufacturers forced into decisions, which they themselves do not support. Toto wolff refuses any manipulation and pushes black Peter into his arms Ferrari in Red Bullu.
"There have been cases where a team has clearly voted for its damage, just to satisfy its great partner. This is no sport,”Reads the critique Brown in its request for a secret ballot. He wants to, yes FIA again takes the helm in his hands and that reduces the influence of producers and teams, which has grown enormously in recent years. “In other sports, officials have decision-making power because their attention is always focused on what is best in the interest of the sport. This must also become a decisive factor in Formula 1."
In the existing structures policy changes depend on Formula 1 Commission. It is available within this commission 30 votes, they have ten each FIA in formula 1, and one vote goes to each team. It is necessary to change the rules super most, which means 28 out of 30 votes. That in Formula 1 in the hybrid period, with the influence of manufacturers, more and more connections were created between large and small teams, this makes Brown very angry. “The growth of partnerships between teams is detrimental to healthy sports. It is not in the best interest to compete if two or even three competitors share their influence and coordinate strategically."
Ferrari has deepened its collaboration with Haas, with which they have been cooperating in partnership since 2016. The team from Maranella from 2018, more closely linked to Sauber, which is called Alfa Romeo and in which one seat is provided by a Ferrari Academy racer. Red Bull but he had s To Toro Rosso (today AlphaTauri) since the team entered Formula 1 years 2005 practically two teams. The nursing team joined only a year later. Mercedes took a similar path as Ferrari in 2020 when they deepened cooperation with Racing Point (today Aston Martin). From 2022, they will do the same with Williams. But Wolff rejects the political conflicts cited by Brown.
"At Toro Rosso, we’ve seen them vote the way they did in the past Red Bull. And Haas stuck to Ferrari. In our case, we never tried to influence which team. Of course, we talked about general topics as drive units, but it is clear that teams have their vote. But no one in the policy would vote against their interest." Gunther Steiner, team boss Haas, said they are by no means a Ferrari puppet. “I am not voting against my will. I wouldn’t talk about pressure, we always talk to people about processes and which direction it’s supposed to go. This is normal business. However, no one presses the gun to your head and tells you how to vote."
In the commission Formula 1 the possibility of secret ballot does exist, but it has not been used so far. For Steiner this is no surprise. “I don’t know what you would want to achieve with this. We only vote what is good for us and we would not have done otherwise anyway if the vote had been secret. I’m also not afraid to show people what I voted for.“On the other hand, I would Wolff welcomed the use of secret ballot. “I think the idea of a secret ballot is good. I doubt Franz Tost gets the instructions, the same goes for Günther Steiner. No team should fall under the influence of a partner or supplier,Says the team leader Mercedes.
Christian horner, team boss Red Bull, is against it. “It would be bad if we had to hide behind a secret ballot, but every team has the right to demand it. But if someone needs it to cast an independent vote, we don’t have a big problem with that." Ferrari but it is in person Laurent Mekies just as Wolff ruled for a secret ballot. “Whenever a team feels uncomfortable with a choice, let them advertise and make sure we vote by secret ballot. If this is always the case, it is fine for us as well. It's a good thing for sports," so Mekies.
