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Honda against power cap for F1 engines

Honda thinks it would be wrong for Formula 1 to introduce a power cap in a bid to close up the competitiveness of engine manufacturers. Motorsport.com revealed earlier this month that F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that one way to help Honda and Renault close the gap on their rivals would be to prevent Mercedes and Ferrari from developing their engines any further once they hit a certain horsepower level. While such a radical idea would help Honda make faster progress in its bid to move up the grid, its motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai has made it clear that he is not interested in rivals being handicapped in this way. "This is a strange idea," he told Motorsport.com...
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