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Wolff: Engine suppliers can’t afford to be ‘charitable’
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Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff says engine manufacturers cannot afford to have “a charitable approach”, as the FIA seeks to lower the retail price of their power units. Formula One’s governing body recently issued a statement to announce that it is pushing to introduce a new cheaper engine in 2017, which would be supplied by an independent constructor. The forceful decision was taken in the wake of Ferrari’s blocking proposed cost cap measures. Attending last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix, FIA President Jean Todt said that the sport’s ruling body would be open to scrap its independent engine plan should current suppliers reduce power unit costs to a...
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