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FIA Scrap 2021 single spec gearbox plans

The FIA have announced that they are scrapping plans to introduce a single specification of gearbox for Formula 1 in 2021. Back in February a tender was issued for an official gearbox supplier for F1, with hopes to reduce costs for teams. But the technical department of the FIA have recommended otherwise and to look for other means of reducing expenditure. The statement from the FIA says: “Following detailed analysis by the FIA Technical Department of submissions to a tender process launched on 18 February 2019 for the single supply of the gearbox cassette in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 2021, the World Motor Sport Council has accepted by majority the...
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