Ron's vision for Formula One

Adopting an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, approach is the way forward for F1, according to Ron Dennis.

The McLaren team boss outlined his vision for the sport during the Motor Sport Business Forum in Bahrain.

Dennis believes rule changes are key to keeping Formula One's operating costs stable.

"For F1 to continue to thrive in the way it has thrived all these years, we'll need rules that foster freedom of entrepreneurship, but we'll also need rules that encourage close and competitive racing," he was quoted by Autosport.

"If we can frame those rules in such a way as to keep costs in check, or even reduce costs, so much the better.

"Because every time the rules are changed, the result is almost always a cost increase. And, because the smaller teams are perhaps less able to meet those cost increases, they may not respond as effectively to a rule change as their more affluent competitors.

"Yet we must change the rules, because the world is changing. But, because we also need regulatory stability, our rule changes must be evolutionary, not revolutionary.

"F1 must remain the pinnacle of motorsport - from an engineering point of view as well as from every other point of view.

"The day when F1 stakeholders - and I include F1 fans in that categorisation - begin to doubt F1's status as the pinnacle of motor sport, we are lost.

"We need to make F1 less expensive, too, and we need to do that very carefully as well."