Dennis: Best years of F1 are still to come
Ron Dennis believes the best years of Formula One are yet to come and called for an evolutionary approach to the sport.
Speaking at the Motor Sport Business Forum in Bahrain, the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes boss received a standing ovation, autosport.com reports.
"I passionately believe that the most glorious chapters of Formula One history are yet to come," he said.
"For F1 to continue to thrive in the way it has thrived all these years, we’ll need rules that foster freedom of entrepreneurship, but we’ll also need rules that encourage close and competitive racing," he explained.
He said that rule changes often bring increases in costs and making changes to the rules at a lower cost was a way to benefit teams who "are less able to meet those cost increases".
"Yet we must change the rules, because the world is changing. But, because we also need regulatory stability, our rule changes must be evolutionary, not revolutionary," he added.
But Dennis also said that the sport had to take a lead in environmental issues and "spread awareness of environmental messages".
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