After completing a review of the leadership structure at McLaren, new team principal Stella has reappointed former sporting director Gil de Ferran as a non-executive consultant.
This move has been partially prompted by the way the “regulatory framework has become more complicated”. Stella cited the introduction of the cost cap as a key contributing factor.
He said: “The process of innovation and evolution that we have started at McLaren had some priorities that we identified relatively quickly.
“They had to do with the technical area, aerodynamics. But when you start to look into a Formula 1 team, that's a very complex entity.
“Especially nowadays, I would say even the regulatory framework has become more complicated than in the past. Think about the financial regulations.
“So, one element that we also wanted to address is that we want to have enough capacity at the leadership level to look into all the opportunities that you have.”
With teams having recruited to their financial departments to boost spending oversight to stay within the cost cap limits, and the FIA taking until late October 2022 to penalise Red Bull for exceeding the budget in 2021, Stella reckons now is the time to streamline the legislation.
He said of the rulebook: “It is very complex and it is complex for all parties. It is complex for the teams and is complex even for the FIA.
“If you think of the financial regulations, if you think how long it takes for the FIA to actually check the declaration, the submissions, it takes months and this is acknowledged.
Source: Autosport