I must admit my above post sounds a bit like pushing the agenda coming from Horner and Verstappen as of late. It's a coincidence and I happen to agree with them in this case, but also have strongly disagreed with Red Bull stance in the past.
Anyways, Verstappen gives his thoughts and would also like lighter cars with smaller tyres:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/v...ream/10492339/
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"We can't go back to 500 kilos, 550 kilos, but I think where we are at the moment is way too heavy. We need to look into that.
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"Also, I think the tyres, these big tyres, you don't really see a lot when you go into corners in terms of hitting an apex. So, I prefer the smaller tyres. It was a lot more fun."
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I don't agree with all that is said, but mostly agree.
Earlier we talked about how this was not on the agenda and no one was talking about the tyre size. I wonder if the media will pick up on it more now that the raining world champion gave his thoughts.
My impression for the moment is that the stakeholders most strongly linked to bigger manufacturers are in favour of maintain the agreed 2026 rules and mainly RB and the FIA president are pushing for something lighter.