By Jonathan McEvoy for the Daily Mail
Published: 23:03 BST, 24 June 2019 | Updated: 23:03 BST, 24 June 2019
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Lewis Hamilton has called for Formula One's future to be shaped by someone from outside the sport.
The five-time world champion was speaking after he dominated a French Grand Prix so processional that it triggered extensive soul-searching over what improvements could be made to improve the fare.
Hamilton, who is taking on the unofficial role of the drivers' elder statesman, represented his peers at a meeting in Paris last week at which the regulations for 2021 and beyond were discussed. He was deeply unimpressed by what he discovered, calling the way the sport is run a 'mess'.
Lewis Hamilton has called for F1's future to be shaped by someone from outside the sport
His Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff appears desperately keen to run Formula One, possibly, as he sees it, replacing F1 chief executive Chase Carey, who has been in charge since recently new owners Liberty Media took over from Bernie Ecclestone.
Jean Todt, the former Ferrari team
