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Analysis: The politics behind F1's parity engine proposals
Much has been made in recent days of plans to introduce a cheaper 'parity' engine for Formula 1's smaller teams. But there's more to the proposals than first meets the eye, as Kate Walker explains. Bernie Ecclestone's recent suggestion that Formula 1 should consider the possibility of allowing teams to choose either a low-cost parity engine or to run with the current power units harked back to the days of Max Mosley's time running the FIA. What Mosley and Ecclestone were adept at doing was presenting the teams with an unappealing option, so as to make it easier to get the concessions they were really looking for. Just as in 2008, when an unpopular proposal to introduce standardised engines...
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