"Netflix and the growth of Formula One in America is what put Formula One on their radar," Brown said. popularity has pulled in a raft of new sponsors to McLaren including Google and Goldman Sachs. audiences thanks to the Netflix docu-drama series "Drive to Survive", which is credited with bringing in new and younger audiences. Part of the reason why Brown does not think an American driver is necessary for Formula One is because the sport has already made huge inroads with U.S. "When you have someone like Herta who is clearly capable of being a Formula One driver, who has been in our Formula One car, who has won lots of races in Ind圜ar and he doesn't qualify, you have to look at the rules and question whether the rules should be reviewed again, and I think they should." However, Brown added that a revision of the rules may be necessary in the future to grant successful Ind圜ar drivers an easier path into Formula One. "I respect that the rules are the rules, so I don't think we should be in the business of making exceptions," Brown said, echoing similar comments from other Formula One team bosses including Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and Haas team principal Guenther Steiner. Herta, who has previously tested in McLaren's 2021 F1 car, lacked the necessary points for a super-licence needed to enter Formula One. races next year, including a new night-time grand prix in Las Vegas, last had a U.S. Its commercial rights are owned by U.S.-based Liberty Media. is a growing market for Formula One both in terms of viewership and money brought in by big corporate sponsors. "I think an American driver in the sport will be additive, but I don't think it's a necessity." "I think the sport is going to continue to grow in America with or without an American driver," Brown, an American himself, said ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. Sept 30 (Reuters) - Formula One does not need an American driver to boost the rapid growth of the sport in the United States, McLaren Racing Chief Executive Zak Brown told Reuters on Friday.īrown's comments follow the decision by Formula One's governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) not to relax its super-licence rules so that American Ind圜ar driver Colton Herta could race for Red Bull's AlphaTauri team next year.
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