Sebastian Vettel says the main thing Formula One needs is greater equality among teams.
Amid talk about the future direction of the sport and the state of its politics, Vettel believes F1's biggest issue is inequality between teams. Ironically, Vettel's team Ferrari earns the most from the sport's central revenue streams, but the four-time world champion said he would like to see all outfits more closely matched.
"I think if there was more equality between the teams we would also have better racing," Vettel said when asked how he would improve the sport. "Obviously there's been a lot of talk about what to do, we've had the example of qualifying and now we're talking about race formats and new regulations. Equally, if we'd find a simple approach to allow all the teams to race very close to each other - I'm not saying all the cars should be the same because that would go against the nature and my understanding of Formula One - a smaller spread of the field would help us to race harder, race more.
Vettel believes cars should be designed to make following easier amid concerns the addition of more downforce in 2017 will limit overtaking.
"Also, if we'd have cars that would allow us to race more, and by that I mean cars that we could follow closer than we can now - aerodynamics are a great thing, it gives you a great sensation with the cornering speeds we reach, but the way they are currently set it's very difficult to follow another car. These are a couple of fundamentals, but to have a simpler approach to Formula One, make it a bit more raw and wild, it would be great for us, the fans at the track and the people at home, and I'm talking about the cars and the sound."