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F1 race promoters demand 'urgent' engine rule change

Formula 1 race promoters have written to the FIA calling for an 'urgent' change to the sport's engine rules, Motorsport.com can reveal. As teams continue discussions on Thursday at a Strategy Group meeting about potentially introducing 1000bhp engines for 2017, a direct request has been sent to motor racing's governing body for it to back a rules overhaul. Ron Walker, the former Australian Grand Prix CEO and head of the Formula One Promoters' Association (FOPA), says that he has directly requested the FIA acts because he thinks fans do not like the current power units. "I have written to Jean Todt and told him that the FIA and the technical committee should urgently convene and...
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