In theory, the 2023 FIA sporting regulations allow the entry of up to three new teams with a maximum of 26 cars. The deadline for interested parties to apply for the 2025-27 season has been extended to May 15.
Andretti – along with General Motors Cadillac – Panthera Team Asia and Hitech GP are seen as more credible candidates, while the LKY SUNZ party recently expressed its interest.
But most existing teams, who can provide input but have no say in the final decision on whether to add new competitors, don’t want to reduce their share of the prize money.
Horner has now raised a new objection, arguing that some of the circuits added to the F1 calendar will not be able to accommodate more cars because of pit lane and garage space constraints.
He said: “With the way the sport is developing now, if you look at the pit lanes, for example here (Miami) or places like Monaco or Zandvoort or some of the circuits that we’re racing now, where we can accommodate Team 11?
“That itself, in terms of operations, where do we put the RV? Where do we put the support? Where do the trucks go?
“I just think it’s going to be a really hard thing to get used to the way the sport is going at the moment.”
Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing Team Principal, at the Team Leader’s press conference
In public, McLaren boss and long-time motorsports enthusiast Zac Brown has been more open to widening the grid, citing pre-qualifying shootouts in the 1980s and 1990s to cut the grid by 30 cars. Location.
However, he said Haas, which debuted in 2016, remained the only “reliable, sustainable” team he saw among the “dreamers” of parties who had expressed interest in F1 in recent years.
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He said: “The only solid, sustainable team I’ve really seen in the last decade is (Haas).
“So, what we need to make sure is that if someone comes in, they’re really committed and can do what they’re supposed to do.
“In my experience, in all kinds of motorsports, you do see a lot of dreamers.
“What we don’t need for the health of the sport is a team that underestimates what it takes and after two years they’re gone.
“Hats off to Haas for the commitment they have and will continue to give to the sport. We need more teams like this.”
Nyck de Vries has performed much better in Monaco than at previous Grands Prix this season. The Dutch seem to have brought this form to the Spanish country. Around Barcelona, the AlphaTauri drivers had a great time. He started the race in 14th place. In a press conference with GPblog and others, De Vries looked to the future.
Nyck de Vries has performed much better in Monaco than at previous Grands Prix this season. The Dutch seem to have brought this form to the Spanish country. Around Barcelona, the AlphaTauri drivers had a great time. He started the race in 14th place. In a press conference with GPblog and others, De Vries looked to the future.
The Spaniard managed to make the most of improvements to the SF-23 in Barcelona as he became Max Verstappen’s closest challenger to pole.
But while performances at such a circuit where the air is so crucial bodes well for the progress Ferrari has made, Sainz believes the nature of the Barcelona circuit is not actually performing to its best potential.
He believes the high-speed nature of the venue is not particularly suitable for Ferrari, so future venues will have clearer evidence of progress.
“The new kit is mainly about improving low-to-mid speed, and in that area we really feel like a step in the right direction,” he said.
“As I said before the weekend, it’s a step in a different direction. It’s not so much a big upgrade or a big change in our performance as it opens up a different operating range window for the car.
“That’s the main goal of this upgrade, not suddenly half a second faster. I think it’s doing the job, and it’s working well.
“We also want to make the car more predictable, easier to drive, and easier to do laps. Hopefully it will go in that direction, but unfortunately we’ve gone down a route that doesn’t work for us.
“We’ve been really bad at high speed since the start of the season. Since Australia we’ve been struggling with balance and bounce and a lot of things that happen to us at high speed.
“So, we’re just going to focus on that now and see if we can improve it because, as you can see, the low speeds aren’t actually bad at all for us.”
Top three in qualifying Lando Norris, McLaren, pole position Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
Sainz believes the fact that he put Ferrari on the front row, while team-mate Charles Leclerc ended up being eliminated in Q1, is further indication of one of his team’s biggest weaknesses – its very narrow operating window, which is It’s all too easy to suddenly lose competitiveness.
“I don’t know exactly what happened to Charles, but it’s been the same story all year,” he said.
“It felt like it was a very narrow window for us; a very narrow car window; and a very tricky car.
“Once the situation gets tricky, it goes in one direction or the other and you’re fighting with a very different balance. It was a good line for me today.
“It turned out not bad, but it was tough because now it looks like the midfield is really starting to get close to us. You have guys like Alpine and even Haas, Lando (Norris) and McLaren showing up. Yes, they join us in the race for second or third place.
“Obviously Red Bull are in a league of their own, but everyone else, it looks really, really nervous.”