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FIA imposes three-week shutdown on power unit manufacturers

The FIA has confirmed that power unit manufacturers must join Formula 1 teams in observing a three-week shutdown during the current coronavirus pandemic. Since Formula 1 introduced a two-week summer shutdown for each team factory their respective power unit companies have not been obliged to follow the same regulations. This has allowed development of power unit components to continue throughout the break. The FIA and Formula 1 has already acted by moving the summer shutdown to March/April and extending it by a week. Several team factories have faced mandatory closure by governments due to the restrictions imposed on account of the pandemic. On Tuesday it was confirmed through the...
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