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Steeps said:
The problem with modern sports is it isn't about having the best drivers or the best engineers yourself, it's about making sure your competition doesn't have the best. LH going to Ferrari wasn't about having LH drive the car to a championship level, it was destabilising Mercedes and team dominance. Red Bull is shattered because so many teams have picked at the carcass and McLaren were conveniently in the best place to benefit from the fall of Red Bull. If McLaren were not in front and Max was winning, he wouldn't be insulting the car and he'd be saying it's a dream to drive because it's winning.

Toto says he won't drop either driver, but just like Ferrari if you have the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to one of your main competitors, you're going to take it unless you were already in a dominant position. It wouldn't surprise me if McLaren were sniffing even though they have two capable drivers under contract.
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RB havent produced a good car, as of yet this year.

If Max was driving a McLaren, he would be winning every race so far.
 
Twas a good car in Suzuka and Australia,
granted it wasn’t the best but it was better in race trim than every other car bar the McLaren in both of those races.
 
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GM are pushing back their engines a year from 2028 to 2029:

Cadillac has officially rolled back its entry to become a Formula 1 engine supplier until 2029, which opens the door for it to enter at the same time the series could switch to a simpler V8 or V10 alternative.

The American manufacturer had originally registered to become an F1 engine manufacturer from 2028. In the meantime, its new F1 team would run with customer Ferrari engines.

But following suggestions over the past few months that Cadillac may not stick to that timeline, on Wednesday it was announced by the FIA that parent company General Motors has now been officially approved to join F1 from 2029.
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www.the-race.com

Why GM pushing back its F1 engine entry is significant

Cadillac has officially rolled back its entry to become a F1 engine supplier until 2029, which opens the door for it to enter at the same time the series could switch to a simpler V8 or V10 alternative
www.the-race.com www.the-race.com

I don't blame them. The 2026 engine regs are a complete cluster and are still likely to change again, so spending time developing for what's looking likely to be a very short-lived set of engine regs would be a big waste of money.
 
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GravyMonster said:
GM are pushing back their engines a year from 2028 to 2029:


www.the-race.com

Why GM pushing back its F1 engine entry is significant

Cadillac has officially rolled back its entry to become a F1 engine supplier until 2029, which opens the door for it to enter at the same time the series could switch to a simpler V8 or V10 alternative
www.the-race.com www.the-race.com

I don't blame them. The 2026 engine regs are a complete cluster and are still likely to change again, so spending time developing for what's looking likely to be a very short-lived set of engine regs would be a big waste of money.
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The new engines sound like a very poorly thought out idea, which is consistent for the decision makers at F1. They're going to sound like garbage too; just bring back V10's.

I read that Merc have a really good engine, and it's running out of energy at the end of longer straights so not sure what the others will be doing.
 
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