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Drivers could get extra engine for 2015 F1

Drivers may be allocated an extra engine to use throughout 2015, it emerged on Friday. Bernie Ecclestone sat down with team bosses in Malaysia and reportedly agreed that the new-in-2015 limit of just 4 ‘power units' per driver for the whole championship can now be lifted to 5. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said problems with the new ‘4 engine' rule become obvious in Melbourne, where Red Bull and McLaren each lost a power unit at the very first race of 19. The challenging allocation of 4 engines also means teams have greatly limited their Friday practice programmes so far, to the detriment of the already diminishing trackside and television audiences. 'The strategy group and...
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