Brawn still looking at budget cap option

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Formula 1's new sporting director Ross Brawn isn't ruling out introducing a limited resource provision into the sport's regulations in the future.

Ensuring the long term economic viability of F1's smaller teams while also attempting to make them competitive is the complicated conundrum faced by both Brawn and his commercial counter-part Sean Bratches.

You are right," Brawn, F1's new sporting chief in the post-Bernie Ecclestone era, told the French magazine Auto Hebdo.

"What is required is complex and that's why it's important not to rush."

With contracts negotiated by Bernie Ecclestone still in force on all fronts, substantial changes to Formula 1's current structure won't be possible until 2020.

Brawn's mission is to determine the future base on which the sport will be built beyond this date.

"First we need to create the right foundations, and then we build on them. By good foundations, I mean less difference between the top and the bottom of the grid.

"The real question is 'What do we need to focus on to move in another direction in the future?' Resource dependence is one of the areas we need to explore.

"Should we move towards a capped budget or a series of technical constraints? Perhaps a combination of both?

"But we need to reduce the importance of money in the performance of the cars, because this is the current direction in F1.

"What we want is to try to raise the overall level of the grid without resorting to the artificial," Brawn added.

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To help with his endeavor, Brawn is to set up a task force of independent experts who will provide input and expertise.

"We will have some experts, industry recognised people, working within FOM, who I think people will be able to respect," Brawn said in an interview with Motorpsort.com.

"It won't be a big team, just five or six people, but there will be enough capacity with my experience and knowledge to be able to create and get a proper reasoned argument for what we want to do and have an input into the process.

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Phillip van Osten

Motor racing was a backdrop from the outset in Phillip van Osten's life. Born in Southern California, Phillip grew up with the sights and sounds of fast cars thanks to his father, Dick van Osten, an editor and writer for Auto Speed and Sport and Motor Trend. Phillip's passion for racing grew even more when his family moved to Europe and he became acquainted with the extraordinary world of Grand Prix racing. He was an early contributor to the monthly French F1i Magazine, often providing a historic or business perspective on Formula 1's affairs. In 2012, he co-authored along with fellow journalist Pierre Van Vliet the English-language adaptation of a limited edition book devoted to the great Belgian driver Jacky Ickx. He also authored "The American Legacy in Formula 1", a book which recounts the trials and tribulations of American drivers in Grand Prix racing. Phillip is also a commentator for Belgian broadcaster Be.TV for the US Indycar series.