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Honda wins F1 engines fight

McLaren's new engine partner Honda has won its fight to be allowed to develop its engine during 2015. Formula 1's governing body the FIA has backtracked on an earlier ruling that allowed Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari to upgrade their engines but not Honda. The move comes after Honda expressed its unhappiness about what it considered to be an unfair situation. Honda will now be allowed to develop its brand new engine within limits explicitly laid out by the FIA. What can Honda do? Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari are allowed to change up to 48% of the engines they used in 2014 by the end of the 2015 season. This is defined by a number of 'tokens', which are assigned to parts of the engine on...
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