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'F1 engine plan is about control of the sport'

Formula One's plan to introduce an alternative engine from 2017 ultimately comes down to a question of who runs the sport, according to Red Bull principal Christian Horner. "I think it's about who controls Formula One," he told BBC television at the Brazilian Grand Prix. "At the moment you've got two very powerful engine manufacturers that are working closely together and then you've got the promoter and governing body and the engine is the catalyst of that. "I think Jean (Todt) and Bernie (Ecclestone) are trying to get control of the sport back through the introduction of a cost-effective available engine." The governing International Automobile Federation, run...
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