Wow, rj. Next year predictions get earlier each year, don't they?! You are already calculating 2016 averages.

I am unsure what to think of the Renault potential takeover of the Lotus team. It looks like they have still re-signed Maldonado. Renault wants to supply 1 team only... It leaves an impression they want "to do" F1 on a shoestring budget. That's why Red Bull sent them away, because taking things "half-seriously" won't bring success. In the context of 2016 this new Renault team may well endure a kind of season the same Lotus had in 2014 then...

As for Red Bull themselves... Things are getting very messy. I don't know what to think of Mateschitz' threats of pull-out if they don't get an up-to-date power unit, but competitive situation in F1 is bad (only 2 competitive engine/team combos) and Red Bull doesn't want to be an also-ran team like McLaren is...

Button retiring? Well, unless he is pushed out behind the doors, he must have lost belief in the McLaren-Honda project... Quite telling.