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Alpine, Audi, Cadillac, Haas, Williams...GhostF1 wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 13:18I've seen a few socials posting a quote from Mohamed Ben Sulayem via ESPN where he said the following about Christian Horner.
"He will return. It's not up to me to say where, even though I know. It's up to him to say it"
I mean... where else is he gonna go other than Aston. Think it's a done deal.
Really? None of those teams have a team principal position up in the air or as confusing as Aston at the moment. We also have Lawrence who has openly been trying to poach him. And as the quote shows, it looks as though it's already been confirmed. They, as in "F1 bosses", know where he is going.avada wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 20:13Alpine, Audi, Cadillac, Haas, Williams...GhostF1 wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 13:18I've seen a few socials posting a quote from Mohamed Ben Sulayem via ESPN where he said the following about Christian Horner.
"He will return. It's not up to me to say where, even though I know. It's up to him to say it"
I mean... where else is he gonna go other than Aston. Think it's a done deal.
There are a variety of team where things don't go particularly well. Also, Ferrari being Ferrari is likely to Fire Vasseur if there's no championship win this year or the next.
f1 media claim that he wants part ownership and has been linked with alpine quite a bit. hopefully the aston rumors are dependent on whether newey would gladly work with him again. if thats the case, its hard to argue with what theyve accomplished together in the past.GhostF1 wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 01:59Really? None of those teams have a team principal position up in the air or as confusing as Aston at the moment. We also have Lawrence who has openly been trying to poach him. And as the quote shows, it looks as though it's already been confirmed. They, as in "F1 bosses", know where he is going.avada wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 20:13Alpine, Audi, Cadillac, Haas, Williams...GhostF1 wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 13:18I've seen a few socials posting a quote from Mohamed Ben Sulayem via ESPN where he said the following about Christian Horner.
"He will return. It's not up to me to say where, even though I know. It's up to him to say it"
I mean... where else is he gonna go other than Aston. Think it's a done deal.
There are a variety of team where things don't go particularly well. Also, Ferrari being Ferrari is likely to Fire Vasseur if there's no championship win this year or the next.
honestly ive always thought that this guy makes a lot of educated guesses more than having real inside info. ive watched the channel since hes started because he seems like hes an aston and alonso fan, and the channel has gotten better, but i believe hes just a fan. hes a good channel for people that arent in the f1 technical forums daily and already know the latest info for the most part. as a matter of fact, it wouldnt surprise me if he was in here tooavada wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 20:09Does this F1Unchained guy any sort of credibility? Or is he just a rumor aggregator? He's been linked a couple of times. In this video he presents a fair number of concrete info and values. Of pretty much everything: chassis, gearbox, suspension, Honda development plans, etc.
CH going to AMR is very unlikely because CH is interested to be part owner rather than just TP. and AMR is obviously too expensive and the team is burden by huge amount of debt and loan servicing cost.zoroastar wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 02:23
f1 media claim that he wants part ownership and has been linked with alpine quite a bit. hopefully the aston rumors are dependent on whether newey would gladly work with him again. if thats the case, its hard to argue with what theyve accomplished together in the past.
Also the rumours around BYD looking for a 12th team slot....avada wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 20:13Alpine, Audi, Cadillac, Haas, Williams...GhostF1 wrote: ↑09 Jul 2026, 13:18I've seen a few socials posting a quote from Mohamed Ben Sulayem via ESPN where he said the following about Christian Horner.
"He will return. It's not up to me to say where, even though I know. It's up to him to say it"
I mean... where else is he gonna go other than Aston. Think it's a done deal.
There are a variety of team where things don't go particularly well. Also, Ferrari being Ferrari is likely to Fire Vasseur if there's no championship win this year or the next.
It is hard to say at this point because a previous rumour said 1+ second for the chassis and 1 second for the engine. I would certainly hope that the engine upgrade is better than 5 tenths, but we have to remember that the main focus is the 2027 engine.
this is exactly why predictions like this are sorta meaningless. but people want to put a quantifiable number on things so we get them anyway. theres really no way well know the answers until we see the actual upgrades on track.i assume if aston made a statement like this it would be for a track like spain or at a track that teams test a lot at as opposed to an outlier. but the numbers would change at every different track for the most part. if they actually do put themselves between racing bulls and alpine like they want itd be a really good upgrade in my opinion.venkyhere wrote: ↑10 Jul 2026, 17:52I have a really novice Q.
Lots of posts in this thread , over many months, talk of upgrade "worth" in quantities of time - tenths, seconds etc. What is the nodal/typical laptime duration in mind , when measuring like this ?
Also, say the laptime is ~70s, which could b the laptime in Monaco or Zandvoort, with completely different speeds, corner profiles and suspension stiffness settings. So what does "two tenths" mean even if the laptime "gains" is normalised to 70s, what kind of track does it apply to ?