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F1 to discuss 1000hp engines on Thursday
F1 is targeting a return to four-digit horse power. On Thursday, the sport's powerful strategy group is set to meet in Paris, and the big-ticket item for discussion will be Bernie Ecclestone's desire for 1000hp engines by 2017.
The F1 supremo has confirmed to Forbes that the so-called new engine ‘unfreeze', allowing manufacturers to more freely develop their turbo V6s throughout the season, will not be enough.
'(It's a) good power unit and a wonderful bit of engineering but not designed for formula one,' he told F1 business journalist Christian Sylt.
Indeed, a new report by Italy's authoritative La Gazzetta dello Sport reveals that Ecclestone is preparing to propose a move to a 2.2...
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