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Ecclestone wants F1 to ditch new era turbo engines

New F1 turbo engine era not popular with Bernie Ecclestone Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone refuses to give up his crusade against the sport's current V6 turbo engine era. Meeting with a select group of reporters on Thursday including Forbes' business journalist Christian Sylt, Ecclestone revealed that he intends to propose the sport brings back loud 'normally-aspirated' engines for 2016. He said he will table the matter at the December 18 meeting of the powerful Strategy Group, asked if he is contemplating V8s or V10s, and referring to the teams and manufacturers, 84-year-old Ecclestone answered: 'It's up to them.' Ecclestone said to counter the argument that abandoning the...
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