F1 still McLaren's top priority

15:58, 02 Jun 2018
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The chance that McLaren will eventually make a trip to other race classes outside of Formula 1, is getting bigger by the day. Zak Brown is currently busy to see if there are any opportunities for the team in the Indy500, but he does emphasize that Formula 1 will always be the most important.
"Our first criterion when looking at other markets is to ensure that it will not be at the expense of our work in Formula 1.
"That is and will always remain our first priority. After that, it does not matter what branch in the motorsport we are looking at, because according to us all of them are just as important.
"We only have to ensure that we can be competitive and that it is financially attractive to absorb it. "
A switch to another branch of motorsport could eventually become attractive for other teams too. Although the budget ceiling for teams has been postponed, in the long run it is likely that the budgets of large teams will have to be drastically reduced.
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That would be at the expense of thousands of jobs, unless replacement work can be found. One possibility would be to become active in another race class.

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