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Looks like Lawson has all but confirmed he will indeed be the Red Bull / AT reserve next season (As I think was announced by RB anyway).
He's saying he'll do his reserve stint but wants to look at what his options are for "2025".

I expect he'll be in an AT for 2025 - there's no chance Perez is still in a Red Bull in '25 and most of the big signings Red Bull want aren't available for 2025 (Norris) so a last hurrah season in a Red Bull for Ricciardo would probably make sense for both.

I expect Tsunoda will be binned for 2025 as well, they won't want him having any knowledge of the first RBPT-Ford engine that he might be able to gather before he likely goes back to Honda in 2026.
 
chrismscotland said:
Looks like Lawson has all but confirmed he will indeed be the Red Bull / AT reserve next season (As I think was announced by RB anyway).
He's saying he'll do his reserve stint but wants to look at what his options are for "2025".

I expect he'll be in an AT for 2025 - there's no chance Perez is still in a Red Bull in '25 and most of the big signings Red Bull want aren't available for 2025 (Norris) so a last hurrah season in a Red Bull for Ricciardo would probably make sense for both.

I expect Tsunoda will be binned for 2025 as well, they won't want him having any knowledge of the first RBPT-Ford engine that he might be able to gather before he likely goes back to Honda in 2026.
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There’s talk that Honda will be insistent on a Japanese driver at Aston Martin when they become Honda’s works team. Tsunoda seems the obvious choice, if not the only one. Surely Alonso will have called time by 2026?
 
The entry has been mooted and expected for a while, this is just the first step getting FIA approval.

The next step is getting the teams and F1 themselves to agree, nearly all the teams already have disagreed because it cuts into their shares of the prize money and other associated prizes etc.

They should all just do one to be honest, more the merrier and there's a lot of history, backing and already in place infrastructure for the team (Like HAAS and unlike USF1)
 
Mad_Jay said:
The entry has been mooted and expected for a while, this is just the first step getting FIA approval.

The next step is getting the teams and F1 themselves to agree, nearly all the teams already have disagreed because it cuts into their shares of the prize money and other associated prizes etc.

They should all just do one to be honest, more the merrier and there's a lot of history, backing and already in place infrastructure for the team (Like HAAS and unlike USF1)
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The teams willingly signed the new Concorde Agreement which set the amount to be paid by new entrants at $200m which Andretti have said they can pay no problem. If they’re denied entry it could get courtroom and lawyer messy.
 
MissChief said:
The teams willingly signed the new Concorde Agreement which set the amount to be paid by new entrants at $200m which Andretti have said they can pay no problem. If they’re denied entry it could get courtroom and lawyer messy.
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The sooner that FOM give the nod the better, the current Concorde Agreement runs out in 2025. If Andretti aren't allowed in until 2026 I can see the teams not signing the new agreement unless the entrance fee is increased to an even more ridiculous fee.

Even if Andretti get the nod prior to next agreement getting signed, I can see the entrance fee still climbing astronomically.

A good video on how not to get a new F1 team done:

 
I don't see the problem with Andretti coming in, nice to see a professional, successful race outfit entering as opposed to another purely manufacturer entry.
As other have said the Teams signed up to the existing $200m entrance fee, it would be illegal to change that now (if Andretti enter during that period) I could see legal action being taken.
 
Smaller cars and wings will result in 40% less downforce
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Every time we see an update like this it's always "40% less downforce! Closer racing!", but the aero guys have their tricks and it always ends up being about 10-15% less and nothing really changes. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think these changes are enough to make a significant difference.
 
GravyMonster said:
Every time we see an update like this it's always "40% less downforce! Closer racing!", but the aero guys have their tricks and it always ends up being about 10-15% less and nothing really changes. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think these changes are enough to make a significant difference.
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Quite, give it a few races into the season and the aerodynamicists will have clawed all the downforce back again.
 
GravyMonster said:
Every time we see an update like this it's always "40% less downforce! Closer racing!", but the aero guys have their tricks and it always ends up being about 10-15% less and nothing really changes. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think these changes are enough to make a significant difference.
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The downforce drop won't do much, no, but just making the cars smaller will help. Probably doesn't go far enough though.
 
Mr Jack said:
but just making the cars smaller will help. Probably doesn't go far enough though.
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From 1998 to 2017 they were 1.8m wide rather than the current 2.0m.

1.9m should at least be a step in the right direction - it's 20cm more room for 2 cars to go side to side, and in conjunction with the shorter wheelbase (meaning there should be less length of car to get past), hopefully should help create a few more natural overtakes.
 
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