Red Bull's Adrian Newey says the unhealthiest aspect of the current Formula 1 era is the dominance of the current power unit regulations.
Since the introduction of the V6 Turbo engines at the start of the 2014 season, Mercedes has controlled the top step of the podium, winning 32 of the last 38 rounds.
The remaining six wins have been split between Red Bull and Ferrari, with both teams claiming three victories each.
Red Bull's chief technical officer, who recently stepped back from the F1 team to focus on other projects, believes the situation with Mercedes dominating and success being so reliant on the engines is "very unhealthy" for the sport.
"For me, what's unhealthy about Formula 1 at the moment is that it is engine dominated," he told Abu Dhabi's The National. "The chassis regulations are very tight, the engine regulations are very free.
"On top of that, if you take the engines built by Mercedes or Ferrari, when they supply those engines to their customer teams, the customers don't get the same engine – not in the software anyway.
"So Mercedes have a very good, very powerful engine. Their customer teams don't get the same specifications. So it is difficult for their customer teams to beat the Mercedes team.
"Ferrari have an engine not quite as good as the Mercedes, but still a good engine. But [it's] the same problem with their customer teams.
"Honda and Renault, so far, have been quite a long way behind. So we are in the position where, at the moment, only a works Mercedes, and possibly a works Ferrari, win championships and races because it is so dominated by the engine.
"I think that is a very unhealthy situation for Formula 1, where only one, maybe two teams, can win. Maybe Honda in the future, but not yet."
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The remaining six wins have been split between Red Bull and Ferrari, with both teams claiming three victories each.
Red Bull's chief technical officer, who recently stepped back from the F1 team to focus on other projects, believes the situation with Mercedes dominating and success being so reliant on the engines is "very unhealthy" for the sport.
"For me, what's unhealthy about Formula 1 at the moment is that it is engine dominated," he told Abu Dhabi's The National. "The chassis regulations are very tight, the engine regulations are very free.
"On top of that, if you take the engines built by Mercedes or Ferrari, when they supply those engines to their customer teams, the customers don't get the same engine – not in the software anyway.
"So Mercedes have a very good, very powerful engine. Their customer teams don't get the same specifications. So it is difficult for their customer teams to beat the Mercedes team.
"Ferrari have an engine not quite as good as the Mercedes, but still a good engine. But [it's] the same problem with their customer teams.
"Honda and Renault, so far, have been quite a long way behind. So we are in the position where, at the moment, only a works Mercedes, and possibly a works Ferrari, win championships and races because it is so dominated by the engine.
"I think that is a very unhealthy situation for Formula 1, where only one, maybe two teams, can win. Maybe Honda in the future, but not yet."
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