Italian manager and the current CEO of Formula One Group, Stefano Domenicali, hopes the “dream” of more Formula 1 drivers being able to compet at the front of the field starts to be realised in the early seasons of the sport’s new era of regulations.
In what is arguably the biggest-ever overhaul of the sport’s technical rules, the cars are being changed with the aim of being able to drive behind a competitor much more closely, therefore increasing overtaking opportunities and giving the drivers the possibility to make a greater impact.
The technical rules go hand-in-hand with the budget cap introduced for the first time in the 2020 Formula One season and other interlinked regulations designed to better control development costs and level playing field through the grid.
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“I really hope that in the future with new regulations coming in place, this will allow other drivers to be in the fight to show who they are,” Stefano Domenicali, Formula 1’s president and CEO, explained, in an interview for Sky Sports F1 which took place a few weeks ago – “This will be really the dream of the next couple of years.” – the former Ferrari boss added.
The 2020 Formula One championship was the first time since 2012 that a world title fight between drivers from two different teams went down to the final round of the season. At the same time Mercedes and Red Bull won 20 of the 22 races in 2021, with Alpine and McLaren being able to capitalize on rare problems encountered by Red Bull and Mercedes to each take one unexpected race win.
On only three occasions so far this century (2003, 2008 and 2012) has more than four teams won races in a single Formula 1 championship.
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