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F1 engine token system set to be scrapped
Renault Sport F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul says Formula 1's engine token system is set to be dropped ahead of the 2017 season. The FIA has originally planned to introduce an 'engine freeze' with the turn of the new regulations, the limitation of modifications intended to prevent the manufacturers engaging in a development race that could lead to spiralling costs and deter new entrants. However, the scale of Mercedes' dominance in 2014 would see a compromise reached in the form of 'tokens', of which each manufacturer (except newcomers Honda) would be allowed 32 tokens to spend on development, with different areas of the engine having different values. Retained for 2016, the plan was...
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