On Thursday, McLaren released their annual sustainabilit♛ꦡy report which outlined how the company is slowly moving towards their net zero target, improvements in diversity and inclusion, and a focus on health and wellbeing.

• F1 cost cap: ෴How Red B⛄ull broke it, their punishment

However, the Woking-based t🍸eam were critical o𝔍f the current financial regulations in F1.

Introduced for the 2021 season, teams are restricted on how much they can spend - this was introduced to imp♍rove tඣhe competitive landscape of F1.

For F1 2023, the base cost cap is $♏135m, but that is expected to increase due to inflation and the additional races scheduled.

Brown is hoping F1🌺 makes a tweak to the rules to allow teams to focus on sustaina🌟bility alongside their racing efforts.

"We strongly believe in the cost cap and wouldn't want to see anything that unde🌟rmines its integrity," Brown said. 

"But current r☂egulations have created some unintended barriers when it comes to investing in sustainability."

"It's been fantastic t💙o see so much support from F1 and other teams on this issue, and we're delighted that the FIA has established a working group 𒅌to explore next steps."

"But to unlock our sport's pot🌸ential to drive the development of more sustainable technologies that can spark positive changes on a global scale, we need a genuine step change.

"That requ🌳ires a level playing field so teams can work towards achie💜ving the same targets and no longer need to choose between investing in car performance and investing in sustainability.

"Our sport needs a clear regulatory framework with financial, technical and sporting regulations that better enable us all to innovate and invest in sustainability. We need to find better ways to share🥃 exper💙tise and insights across our industry.

"Only true collaboration will help us drive meaningful chang🌱e. And if we want to achieve a step change with the new set of 2026 regulations, then those decisions need to be made now."