Red Bull Formula 1 Team Principal Christian Horner said that Liberty Media must "announce its vision for the future" of F1 and "give teams an ultimatum -- you're in or you're out," according to Sam Hall of AUTOWEEK. During the '17 season, Ferrari and Mercedes made "bold statements" about their future involvement in F1. Both said that they would "only remain in the sport if Liberty's ideas were favorable to them." Horner urged the sport's owner to "announce its plans as soon as possible so that plans can begin to be made." He said, "They are going to have to come up with a set of rules and say, 'That's what Formula 1 is, sign up or not,' and it's each team's choice to decide if they want to be in the game or not" (AUTOWEEK, 2/16).
SLOW AND STEADY: GMM reported although "no fan" of the Drag Reduction System overtaking aid, F1 Managing Dir Ross Brawn said that DRS is staying in F1 -- "for now." Recently, Liberty Media bought defunct F1 team Manor's last wind tunnel model and "began working on how overtaking chances can be improved." DRS and "even slowing the cars are on the table." Brawn: "In the short term, we will continue to work with DRS." Some believe the racing "worsened" in '17 as the cars got "considerably faster," and Brawn admitted that F1 "might need to take a step back with speed in the future." He said, "Speed plays an important role and the fans want to see the fastest cars. But if we see a way to make the racing better, then I would be willing to sacrifice some speed" (GMM, 2/17).
