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Wolff: F1 warned against 'Back to the Future' engine move
Formula 1 has been warned against going 'Back to the Future' with engine technology, amid the push to find a cheaper standard engine for customer teams. The FIA has now confirmed that it will begin talks with the sport's stakeholders soon to lay out plans for an independent supplier of power units. One proposal is for it to be a 2.2-litre twin turbo V6 engine – which would be tuned to ensure that it had performance parity with manufacturers' current 1.6-litre hybrid versions. But Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff is not in favour of the plans, and thinks F1 could be making a mistake in thinking it best to go back to simpler technology to help secure the future. While accepting that...
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