Motor racing-F1 benefiting from cost cap and rule changes, says Brawn


FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy - September 12, 2021 FIA President Jean Todt, Ferrari CEI Benedetto Vigna, CEO of Exor John Elkann, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee Giovanni Malago, CEO of the Formula One Group Stefano Domenicali, Executive Chairman of the Formula One Group Chase Carey and Managing Director of Motorsports at Formula One Ross Brawn stand for the Italian national anthem on the grid before the race. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One fans are seeing the benefits of this year's cost cap and the new rules coming for 2022, the sport's managing director Ross Brawn said on Tuesday with the championship battle on a knife-edge.

Mercedes' seven times champion Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen have traded the lead repeatedly since March with the latter only six points clear after 16 of the scheduled 22 rounds.

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