Highlighting the disparities in the competition in F1, Brown said:
As of now, apart from the Red Bull F1 team, none of the other teams have a satellite team or sister squad at their bidding. Brown’s reference to the A and B team concept also referred to customer teams, which McLaren themselves are to Mercedes. He, however, abstained from specifying categorically which model had the unfair advantage in his unusually long rant.
McLaren boss Zak Brown believes satellite team concept changes F1’s definition
Similar to how Mercedes is for McLaren, Ferrari is an engine supplier to Alfa Romeo and Haas, with the latter being more of a customer team. Neither Ferrari nor Mercedes, however, have rallied their customer teams to aid them in fighting for a championship yet. In view of this, Brown’s rant comes as an unusual surprise.
Delving further into the twin team scenarios, Brown said:
Brown’s latest message urges the sport and its regulatory body to structure a framework to avoid twin team scenarios that diminishes the chances of a single independently owned team succeeding in the sport. According to the Woking-based team’s boss, the sister team, or B team, gives an unfair advantage to its A team to dominate, especially in F1’s hybrid era.
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