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F1: Ben Sulayem's V8 dream put on ice

A meeting planned for this week to discuss a potential switch to V8 engines has been cancelled. The meeting, hosted by the FIA and to be attended by representatives from F1, the teams and manufacturers, was planned for Thursday, but it has now been cancelled as it was felt that there was no way in which there could be an agreement at this time to introduce the new engines in time for 2029, and to introduce the move would require a majority agreement. It's understood that unease from the manufacturers wasn't so much about the V8 configuration itself but the plan to reduce the percentage of electric power provided by the units, with some claiming that the FIA president wanted this reduced...
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