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Engine rule changes limited to cost reduction

Plans to dramatically shake up Formula 1 engine regulations appear to now be off the table, following a key meeting in Geneva next Monday. F1's engine manufacturers had been handed a January 15 deadline to address problems with the current ‘power unit' rules, or risk Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt's plans for a parallel formula being revived. 'I am optimistic,' said FIA president Todt days ago, 'that common sense solutions will be found in the interests of everyone.' F1 supremo Ecclestone, however, wanted not only costs to come down, but also power, noise and competition to dramatically increase. Stakeholders like Red Bull, meanwhile, were keen for rule changes so that...
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