F1 2022 Guide - Ross Brawn: “I hope that ultimately we can do without DRS”

If he is seduced by the diversity of designs offered by the teams, Ross Brawn, great architect of the new technical situation, will no less monitor the 2022 single-seaters like milk on the fire. Be careful, drifting is prohibited.

Published on 27/02/2022 à 13:00

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F1 2022 Guide – Ross Brawn: “I hope that ultimately we can do without DRS”

Ross Brawn © DPPI

What was your ambition when you started this crazy adventure aimed at revolutionizing technical regulations?

It wasn't about revolutionizing anything, just seeing if we could create a team and use resources to improve the sport which was then very influenced by the type of cars we had. We wanted to understand what we had, and what could be done to improve the competition. I have been involved in car design for many years, as has Jason Somerville (FIA aero manager. Editor’s note), Nikolas Tombazis (Oenology car FIA. Editor’s note) and Pat Symonds (FOM technical manager. Editor's note), and we all knew how much performance is impacted when cars follow each other. Most of the performance comes from the aero, and we didn't want to lose that. We were also aware that cars had become very complex and