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F1 McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown Takes Shot at Red Bull-Style Tactics

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Zak Brown Takes Shot at Red Bull-Style F1 TacticsMark Thompson - Getty Images

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has had enough of losing to what he perceives to be multiple-team efforts in Formula 1.

Brown, without naming names, said in an open letter on the McLaren Racing web page that it's time for F1 to crack down on strategic alliances in the sport. And it's not difficult to surmise that he's talking about the alliance between AlphaTauri and Red Bull that Brown believes is playing a role in the current dominance of Red Bull in the sport.

Brown is not the only one who noticed that AlphaTauri brought several updates to the track during the season. Sharing data and personnel on those projects makes it at least look like AlphaTauri became an added test tube for a Red Bull team that obviously has found the winning formula in the sport.

From Brown's post: