Renault wants F1 to be 'more progressive'

Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul says F1 needs "to be more progressive" and would back a change of governance.

With the teams having a say in the future of the sport and certain teams able to have a bigger influence on regulations via the Strategy Group, different agendas often make it difficult to reach a common consensus. As a result, FIA president Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone have been given a mandate "to make recommendations and decisions regarding a number of pressing issues in Formula One such as governance, Power Units and cost reduction".

Abiteboul believes such a move is positive for F1 as the sport needs to be moving forward at a quicker rate than at present.

"I think it’s fair to say that if we want to be progressive, what Formula One is, maybe there needs to be some form of re-grouping of different groups and functions and something a bit more effective and again progressive," Abiteboul said.

"Having said that, there is always some dangers, that again the power can be in the hands of someone who has a particular agenda which can be the individual or collective, I’m not thinking of anyone in particular.

"But I think on balance, if you look at Formula One I would prefer it to be more progressive than it is, so if that involves a little bit of dictatorship maybe that would be better."

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