McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown says affiliations between manufacturer teams and customer outfits have become "unhealthy for the sport" and F1 should address the issue by improving its governance. Several teams in F1 are linked to either an engine supplier – such as the affiliation between Mercedes and Aston Martin, or Ferrari and Haas - or to a sister outfit, such as the relationship that exists between Red Bull and AlphaTauri. The smaller teams acquire not only their power unit from their manufacturer but often also specific components, or non-listed parts, a practice that has been a cause for concern in the past for an independent team such as McLaren that produces in-house...
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