They say when it rains; it pours, which is exactly what is happening at Red Bull. It finds itself in the midst of a storm led by its rivals. Since being found guilty of breaching the financial budget cap, Mercedes and Ferrari have both taken shots aimed toward Red Bull. To make matters worse, McLaren CEO Zak Brown has now reportedly joined the action.

As per the reports by BBC, McLaren CEO Zak Brown has written a letter to the FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and F1 president Stefano Domenicali. In his letter, he demands strict action against any team who has breached the budget cap. Although he does not name Aston Martin or Red Bull in his letter, last week’s announcement by the FIA makes it quite obvious.

Zak Brown wrote, “The overspend breach, and possibly the procedural breaches, constitute cheating by offering a significant advantage across technical, sporting and financial regulations. Any team who have overspent have gained an unfair advantage both in the current and following year’s car development.” 

Brown also praised the FIA for running an extremely thorough and open process. He further states how the teams were given a year’s dress rehearsal and enough time to “seek any clarification if details were unclear.”

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Brown further stated in his letter that the FIA should “communicate subsequent action and penalties at pace to maintain the integrity of F1”.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown suggests an alternative rule change to the FIA

After the recent controversy regarding the budget cap issue, Zak Brown has proposed a change to some of the rules. The McLaren CEO views the administration of the budget cap as a weakness and offered his solution to the FIA.

The McLaren CEO wrote, “To avoid teams accumulating and benefiting from the multiplier effect of several minor overspend breaches, we suggest that a second minor overspend breach automatically moves the team to a major breach,”

Furthermore, he added, “Finally, given the financials involved, a 5% threshold for a minor overspend breach seem far too large of a variance. We suggest a lower threshold, 2.5%, is more appropriate.”

Zak Brown also asked the FIA to keep the investigation transparent. He further requested the FIA to release the details of the offenses as soon as possible. Moreover, Brown insisted that any insights found by the governing body be shared across all the teams. This will help to erase any room for loopholes.

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The FIA has not yet announced the subsequent punishment for the 2 teams for their breaches. This has caused a lot of unrest among the other teams as they demand for strict actions. Do you side with Zak Brown’s opinions?