It makes little sense for the American outfit to abandon its project just in case it gets a reprieve ahead of 2028, and the scale of progress it has made so far on its F1 ambitions was made public recently.
This was after it revealed images of its wind tunnel model, and they offered up some fascinating clues about the squad's overall approach.
Undoubtedly the first comparison that will be drawn is with Red Bull, owing to the design of the sidepods and some of the other more intricate aspects of the car's design.
However, you could argue that the same could be said for most of last year's grid, as pretty much everyone has edged further towards that design variant due to the RB19's success.
Some teams took the idea further, carving out a waterslide gulley in the upper surface, while McLaren also adopted an inlet design more akin to the RB19 with every iteration that arrived during 2023.
Source: Autosport