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Victor Mildew wrote:Renault/Alpine are never EVER going to be title contenders. Not happening.

Ted Toleman - the 1980s F1 team boss who handed Ayrton Senna his grand prix debut - has died at the age of 86 after a long illness.
After competing in junior categories including F2, the Toleman-run operation made the step up to F1 in the early 1980s, but initially struggled and did not qualify for their first nine races.
Toleman launched the careers of drivers including Senna, Stefan Johansson and Derek Warwick, while legendary F1 designer Rory Byrne and engineer Pat Symonds also started out at the team.

Robbo-92 wrote:Alonso signing up at Aston Martin, meant to be a contract till 2026 at the earliest

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With F1’s value growing and the value of its teams along with it, there’s a call to shut up shop and stop the grid growing in the next Concorde Agreement, where commercial terms will be signed for a five-year period from 2026 through 2030. Reporter Joe Saward understands that both F1 and the teams within it wish to cap the number of competitors to 10, meaning the only way a new entrant could participate is if they bought an existing entry.