Although he did not directly name 🧸Red Bull in his open letter, the McLaren Racing CEO aimed a thinly-veiled shot at the 📖energy drinks firm, which also owns the AlphaTauri team.  

The relationship between Red Bull and sister team AlphaTauri has faced increased scrutiny in recent monওths, with the latter benefitting from a closer technical collaboration that has raised e𒁃yebrows among rivals in the F1 paddock. 

Brown, one of the loudest voices on the nature of the Red Bull set-up, has now gone as far as▨ to suggest that shared ownership should be banned.&nbs✤p;

“Most other major sports p♍rohibit the ownership of two teams within the same league because of the obvious potential damage that i꧙t does to competition,” Brown wrote in an open letter published on McLaren’s official website. 

“It’s an unhealthy situation because it impacts decisions made both on and off the track. Whether it’s a case of haviღng access to more data, sharing components/personnel, or even having influence over a strategic vote, it’s not in the spirit 🥀of the regulations.

“It’s important to stand up for independence, competition and fairness, and I’d like to see cܫhanges in the regulations to ensure that in future, they stop influence spreading from one team to another through strategic alliances and especially through ownership. Formula 1 should be true to its brand, and every team – except power units – should be totallyไ independent of each other.

“I believe Formula 1 fans universally believe in fairness in competition and a level playing field, and would reject any a𓆉ctions that compromise t𝕴he true spirit of competition within Formula 1.

“Part sharing of information, shared o💛wnership models, and strategic alliances within the sporting fabric of F♉ormula 1 will only serve to undermine the fans’ belief in fair and fierce competition.”