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Red Bull: Oil burn wrecking F1's green credentials

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has backed calls for the FIA to get tougher on oil burn – as he suggests it makes a mockery of Formula 1’s push to become more environmentally friendly. The issue of oil burn has been talked about all season, with the FIA working hard to clamp down on teams being able to get a power boost from it. From the start of next year, teams will only be allowed to burn 0.6 litres of oil per 100 kilometres, but McLaren said over the Japanese Grand Prix weekend that it believed even this level was too high. Now Horner, whose Renault engine partner is now believed to have exploited oil burn as much as Ferrari and Mercedes, has backed calls for more to be done. He even...
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