Nick, first of all, the takeover of Honda, how much are things going to change?
Nick Fry: We are told not much. The basic structure of the company will stay the same, the people in the key positions at the moment will remain, I think what it will mean to us is more application of Honda resource and technology. We already have a good linkage with the guys in (unclear) which is where Honda's main research headquarters are, but I think that will just be reinforced so hopefully that will help us improve our performance yet further, so fundamentally more of the same.

What about this supposed second team, how disruptive is that likely to be?
NF: We are absolutely going to minimize. Honda have obviously supplied a second team with an engine in the past and the ability to do that again not only remains but has also improved, so that side we are not too concerned about and the other team, the objective is that they would have the same engines, a V8 rather than a V10, and obviously the other commitment the car manufacturer has made is for a level of technical support and that is necessary these days, it is very difficult to just hand over an engine and we will give that as well but we are very much going to ring fence that, we can't really let it disrupt the efforts of our team so we will decide with the other team what we need, which we haven't done yet, and provide it, but it will be in a very defined fashion.

Are you expecting to have to build new chassis as well?
NF: Yet to be decided.

Christian, again, a second team, how closely linked will you be with the current Minardi team when it becomes Red Bull?
Christian Horner: The two will remain as totally separate entities. Minardi will continue to operate from Italy and both teams have different objectives. Red Bull Racing's objectives are totally clear, going forward, to move further up the field. We have quite a lot of developments coming over the winter that should help us to move forward, whereas the Minardi team, the second team, is very much the final step on the Red Bull ladder for the young driver programme and the perfect shop window for those young drivers.

NF: The factories are quite close to each other and we have worked together in the past. Actually we have been talking about making one big Formula One factory and we will just turn out the cars for all the teams!

So, a Formula One supermarket. Yeah! Christian, you were talking about the team development, what sort of things can we expect in terms of progressing the team during the winter?
CH: We have had a solid first year in Formula One, I think we have strengthened our technical team considerably, we have a new engine coming for next year, which I believe is going okay at the moment, a new electronics package, and I think with stability now in the team we should see a natural progression. There is a reasonable resource, plans are on target for the new car and I am fairly optimistic that it should be a reasonable step forward for us.

What sort of departments will you be strengthening still?
CH: There are areas of the team that have obviously perhaps been slightly neglected over the past few years but there is no one particular area that is weaker than the other.l It is just generally moving the whole thing forward and I think that, as I said, with introducing some new technical staff under the leadership of Mark Smith, I think we should start to see some of the evidence from that.

Just going back to the current Minardi team, any comment on this rumour that Franz Tost will be the team principal?
CH: I am sure in the fullness of time things will be confirmed officially. Obviously there is a great deal of speculation but I am sure, as I said, fairly shortly things will be officially confirmed.

Jean, you mentioned in Japan about next year's car being brought out in January. Can you explain the rationale behind that?
Jean Todt: We start with new rules, new eight cylinders, 2.4, and of course a new chassis, a new layout, and as soon as we can start, even if I mentioned that obviously it will not be with the latest specification, but we will start by the middle of January, about, with this new 2006 package.

Another subject that has come up in your Sunday afternoon press conferences has been possibly joining the testing agreement. Is Ferrari any closer to joining that?
JT: It is under discussion, our team manager is doing that with his colleagues and if we can find a suitable proposal then we may go with the others, otherwise it will be (unclear).

What about today, Ferrari seemed competitive this morning, maybe less so this afternoon.
JT: On Friday I will not take any conclusion. Definitely we have been working very hard with Bridgestone on this new kind of asphalt so we are using tyres that are different from what we had in the past and this kind of asphalt and so far it seems quite promising. We will see over the weekend.

Especially as you won last year here.
JT: Last year the rules were different, the package is different, so you I don't think you can really make a sharp comparison compared to last year.