-regarding the slow decisions, penalties and such, Ross Brawn informed drivers on the briefing that starting from next year, there will be a new system currently in planning stages, reminiscent of the one being used in football matches
-engineer sources in both Mercedes and RB paddocks say that the differences between Mercedes/Red Bull are mostly setup only related
-It's RB who goes in the wrong way setup wise, as they are too focused on what Mercedes does instead of their own performance
-Just a bit before the Qatar quali (cited as a complete last minute desperate change), Red Bull switched to a Monaco-like rear wing on both cars, because the one they intended to use with less downforce had the DRS flap issue and they couldn't solve it. As such, it was never properly tested and the balance was not good (Perez was struggling heavily with understeer caused by the setup changes that were too late to adapt to)
-TD regarding rear wings is likely to happen from next year only because several teams are concerned they wouldn't a*** to make a new proper rear wing in case they fail the test.
-repeats that everyone's rear wings have been checked in Qatar (two 35kg weights on two positions of the wing) and all passed the test, including Mercedes
-Honda is to up the power of the engine in Jeddah, Mercedes (theory is supported by Toto) is convinced Honda already started with that in Qatar
-Mercedes believes that their fresh engine in Brazil only had a one tenth advantage over RB when it was introduced (reinforcing the idea that it was RB that screwed up the Brazil setup)
-For Jeddah, the last asphalt layer was put on last week. Tilke thinks the track will be fine, but everything else around it will look provisional.
-Alpine's current engine is around 25 kilowatts/35 horsepower behind Mercedes