2021 plans "should get rid of the two tiers"

Force India's chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer believes that F1's 2021 plans "should get rid of the two tiers".

Szafnauer believes F1 can transform from a competition where "the person who can spend the most wins too, in the future, the person who spends the smartest wins"

"The two tiers are defined by your budget," said Szafnauer.

"If you don't have the budget to produce it instantly it lags coming to the track from the time you found the improvement.

"If you've got the money, you'll have the parts tomorrow. You'll either get a bigger supplier base or buy the machinery yourself to make it.

"Once the cost cap comes in and we're all spending the same amount, all that stuff goes away. That should bring the field together."

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes the proposed $150 million budget cap is not achievable for F1's 'big three' with Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes all spending double that in 2017.

However, Szafnauer disagrees, pointing out Force India's ability to finish 4th two years in a row with a budget beneath the cap, and being the lowest spenders.

"The number they've come up with is sensible," he added

"Over the last two years we were the fourth-place team and we spent significantly lower than what that target is.

"You've got to compromise. Maybe the right compromise is everyone is equally happy or equally unhappy.

"For us, ideally the target should be lower but that would be unfair to somebody else."