Ross Brawn says he could be tempted back to Formula 1, but only in a role which would see him working to improve the sport, rather than working for a specific team as he has done several times in the past with great success.
The former Ferrari, Honda, Brawn GP and Mercedes team boss revealed that he was approached last year about taking on a role to oversee future regulations, but was concerned it would become too political.
However working directly with FOM to "help F1 become a better F1" could potentially lure him back to the sport, he told The Daily Telegraph ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend.
"I would never go back to a team," he said. "I did everything I can in a team, but I would be repeating myself.
"For sure, trying to help F1 become a better F1 would be appealing. It would be the one thing that could be interesting.
"If you ask me what F1 needs, it needs a plan; a three-year and a five-year plan. My view is we haven't got the ideal structure for creating that plan and implementing it over time."
Brawn's approach would be the opposite of current F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone, but Brawn believes the pair could work together for the benefit of the sport.
"I have no issues with Bernie," he added. "What we have today is primarily down to Bernie's creation. I just got frustrated because my approach is methodical and structured and Bernie's is chaotic and impulsive.
"If those two things ever came together it would be an interesting combination. Sometimes I find those idiosyncrasies, those approaches, amusing. I get round them in that way. I just keep battering at the door until it opens."
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