\n \u201cI like Laurent, that\u2019ll be healthy, and maybe we can get back to focusing on competition on the track.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere\u2019s always going to be some political aspects to the sport, but I think it is going to be healthier with Laurent. I\u2019m a fan of Laurent, I have known him for a long time, and it\u2019ll be good to go racing against him.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Brown and Mr Horner\u00a0did not get along and aimed a number of slights at each other over the years \u2013 both on and off the track.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Brown continued: \u201cIt went too far.\n<\/p>\n
\n “There\u2019s always going to be politicking in F1; let\u2019s try and shut down their flexi-wings and that stuff, but when you start getting into frivolous allegations, that\u2019s just going too far.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIf I look up and down pit lane now, I see us fighting each other hard politically, but the line is not being crossed, and that line got crossed before.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cSo I think that we\u2019ll see a little bit of a change for the better.\n<\/p>\n
\n “There\u2019s a higher level of trust that now if we sit down and have a conversation on a topic where we think there could be some confidentiality, and it\u2019s just not an automatic: \u2018I\u2019m going to use that as a political weapon\u2019.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to be in a better place, a little bit more unified, and a little bit more trusting that while we\u2019re fighting on track, we can have a conversation about what\u2019s good for the sport off it. And that won\u2019t get manipulated for political reasons and taken out of context.\u201d\n<\/p>\n