Richards: No Need to Slow Ferrari Down

British American Racing boss David Richards believes Formula One does not need radical changes to slow World Champions Ferrari down because the cyclical nature of the sport will soon see another team rise to the fore.

Richards, who helped run the World Rally Championship and enjoyed success with his Prodrive company running the Subaru team before he moved into Formula One racing, has seen domination in all sports.

Ferrari have again dominated the Formula One season, but Richards believes their rival teams should just ride out the situation rather than changing rules to hinder the Italian team.

"It would be unrealistic and unreasonable to do that," Richards said when asked if there were plans to change the Formula One regulations. "What Ferrari are doing is just a fantastic job and we all have to catch up with them.

"We have had these similar circumstances in the past and Formula One as a sport will go through cycles like any sport - we have seen it in football, in cricket and I am seeing it in the World Rally Championship with Peugeot at the moment."

But Richards believes that there is a need to improve the spectacle of the show and backed discussions over re-designing tracks to create situations that would see differences in performance between the cars.

"I think it is not about the cars, necessarily," Richards added. "If the cars were smaller and more aerodynamic maybe, but they are all so equal in performance, you need disparity in performance to create good racing."