Enough with the senior management role offers. Too many cooks in the kitchen already.
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Enough with the senior management role offers. Too many cooks in the kitchen already.
You are forgetting all the catch up Honda did from 2015 to 2021. Honda ended the regulations pretty much leveled with the merc engine.FNTC wrote: ↑25 Dec 2025, 22:25I agree on the general premise, the difference here is that Mercedes was completely dominant early in the hybrid era from 2014, and now they tried to lower the compression from 18:1 to 16:1 so make Mercedes completely redesign their engine, so Audi etc would have a chance. But if Mercedes have found a way to still use something close to 18:1 then that all goes away. But still others might have found other things, that are not yet talked about of course.
Also there is a possibility that this compression trick results in reliability issues for Mercedes.
I am also pretty confident that Adrian Newey could easily make some magic so that the aero overcomes a 15hp deficit, too.
I think I would still rather have Newey with a slightly weaker engine, than be Mercedes with a stronger one (if that happens).
Doesn't it just drive you crazy how the FIA can try and help weaker PU manufacturers by taking a physical limitation and turn it into a handicap while injecting costs for everyone? Did they not know that different metals expand at different rates when heated and that teams would try to exploit that unless you can keep them honest? Only way to keep PU manufactures honest is to measure the compression real time.FNTC wrote: ↑25 Dec 2025, 22:25I agree on the general premise, the difference here is that Mercedes was completely dominant early in the hybrid era from 2014, and now they tried to lower the compression from 18:1 to 16:1 so make Mercedes completely redesign their engine, so Audi etc would have a chance. But if Mercedes have found a way to still use something close to 18:1 then that all goes away. But still others might have found other things, that are not yet talked about of course.
Also there is a possibility that this compression trick results in reliability issues for Mercedes.
I am also pretty confident that Adrian Newey could easily make some magic so that the aero overcomes a 15hp deficit, too.
I think I would still rather have Newey with a slightly weaker engine, than be Mercedes with a stronger one (if that happens).
- inwashing front floor bargeboard force-defined in the regulations ; teams are going to go hell for leather with 'innovations' towards the back half of the floor/sidepod, to 'reflect' this inwash back to outwash, so that coke bottle area is protected.venkyhere wrote: ↑29 Dec 2025, 02:14Good luck, team.
Apart from the engine differences of course, 'how different will each car look w.r.t others, before they all converge to a similar looking design 2-3 yrs later' ?
My bet is on engine air intake and sidepods looking tremendously different from anything seen in the last two decades and each team will have their own interpretation, because they are going to be dictated by :
- just 500bhp peak power from ICE
- inwashing front floor bargeboard force-defined in the regulations ; teams are going to go hell for leather with 'innovations' towards the back half of the floor/sidepod, to 'reflect' this inwash back to outwash, so that coke bottle area is protected.
Discuss, please, it will be fun to make such 'predictions' before the cars are unveiled in Jan'26 and then we can find out how wrong we've been.
Alonso has a little child coming soon, i will really surprise if he is not retire this year.NAPI10 wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026, 17:34Happy and Prosperous new year!!!!!
Starting of a new era, in all possible ways for AM. Investment in Infrastructure, People and technology going to make, this a formidable F1 team. If everything comes together especially from Honda-side; year 2026 is going to be a phenomenal year for the team.
Though excited for 2026, I am cautiously optimistic for this year.
My prediction for 26: -
a. Alonso to win at least 5 races and same no of pole positions.
b. Lance to win at least 1 race and multiple podium finishes.
c. AM’s progress in year 26 convince Alonso to stay another 2 years with the team.
d. By end of 26, AM immerge as a firm favorite title contender for 2027.
Krack is not sharing.“To come back to the question, I think we have a reasonable understanding of where we’re going to be better and where we’re going to be, but I will not share it with you.”