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Trouble ahead as Ecclestone warns manufacturers
Bernie Ecclestone has warned there is 'trouble ahead' for manufacturers if they don't relent on the current specification of engines after he lost his bid to introduce an independent alternative. The F1 supremo has been a staunch critic of the current V6 Hybrid formula since its introduction in 2014, which he feels doesn't deliver enough of a spectacle and have become too complicated for viewers to relate to. Though he found an ally in FIA President Jean Todt towards the end of 2015 – who complained the engines were too expensive for customers -, the recent promise by manufacturers to reduce costs has seemingly satisfied him enough to agree they remain until 2020. Indeed, Ecclestone had...
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