New Formula 1 motorsport boss Ross Brawn says he will "fight" for rules which will encourage good racing in the future if the 2017 season proves to be a damp squib.
The changes implemented for the current season are aimed it making the cars much quicker and more aggressive looking, however they weren't designed with overtaking in mind – with some drivers believing the rules will in fact reduce overtaking.
Brawn says he won't stand for poor racing and will push through regulation changes, whilst working closely with the FIA and teams to change that if necessary.
"If we see things this year that we don’t think are great for the sport, then we will be fighting our corner, and we will be fighting at every level,” Brawn said on Friday ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.
"You can rest assured that we will be working with the teams and working with the FIA to find solutions if we don’t feel the racing is as good as it should be.
"Can we come up with a set of regulations where we can still use the power of aerodynamics to give us the speed and spectacle of the cars, but in a more benign way so they can at least race each other more closely without it having an impact? That is my ambition, that is my objective.”
Brawn says he would like to see more surprises in the sport, such as a midfield team taking a surprise victory.
"We need to flatten off the variation between the front and the back of the grid so that on a good day, a Force India can win a race, or a team – a really competent, private smaller team, can still win a race. At the moment that is highly unlikely.
"We have to flatten off the field and that means finding ways of limiting the potential of the regulations or limiting the resources that teams have available."
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