Oliver Oakes: Teams won't sacrifice the season

      The 2025 season will be the last under the current technical regulations. The new machines will be an evolutionary development of last year's machines, and some teams are tempted to switch to 2026 preparations before their rivals do, to gain an advantage. Oliver Oakes, Alpine's team principal, believes that no one will write off the upcoming season, and if anyone says they will sacrifice 2025 results for success in 2026, it means that the team already realizes that the new machine is not fast enough. Oliver Oakes: "We would like to change a lot of things about the car, but we are limited in what we can do As a team principal, I have to decide whether I want to sacrifice 2025 and focus on preparing for 2026 and 2027. I don't believe anyone in Formula 1 is really ready to write off the upcoming season, as we all want to fight and everyone is working hard. When I recently read someone saying that they would write off the season, I thought that this team already knows that they will not get the speed they want from the 2025 car. Our team has to allocate resources wisely, but we are certainly not going to write off the whole season. In 2024 we had a spread of results, but I hope that we will perform well this year, and at the same time prepare for 2026".