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Alternative engine will drive sponsors away - Sauber
Sauber's Monisha Kaltenborn fears that Formula 1's plans to introduce an alternative engine will drive sponsors away, thus failing to solve the problem it set out to solve, that of cost. The Swiss team is just one of several struggling to pay its bills - something that wasn't as much of a problem in the past when sponsors were lining up to be involved in the sport, but gone are those days. Kaltenborn fears the FIA's plans to introduce a cheaper alternative 2.5-litre non-hybrid V6 would create a two-tier sport which sponsors wouldn't want to be involved in, therefore exacerbating the financial problem. "The manufacturer's and the FIA have decided that we are going down the hybrid...
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