New Formula 1 plan eyes Leicester City-like shocks

Leicester were tipped for relegation in the 2015/16 season but instead a shock title triumph made them only the sixth club to win the league in 24 years of the Premier League.

It was also the first time since Nottingham Forest's 1977/78 success that a new winner had claimed the first-division title in England.

F1's commercial boss Sean Bratches believes a motor-racing equivalent is not possible at the moment because of the disparity in budget and performance across the F1 grid.

Although independent teams Red Bull and Brawn have won titles in the previous decade, Red Bull's quartet came at significant expense - and as the de facto Renault works team - while Brawn's sole season was a takeover of the axed-but-heavily-developed Honda programme.

Bratches said a newly-conducted study had revealed five "north stars" that F1 wanted to focus on, with the first theme prioritising fairer racing.

"'Revel in the Racing' is all about creating a better competition on the grid," he said.

"Through costs caps, reapportionment of revenue, or governance, we're actually going to create a better spectacle, a better racing environment, a competitive one, for fans."

The 'Breaking borders' theme is aimed at tackling F1's "cloak of exclusivity", according to Bratches, and finding a way for fans to "touch and play at certain levels".

Bratches said his tender to "create fan festivals in city centres, in proximity to grands prix next year" was the way to tackle 'putting the spectacular back into the spectacle'.