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'Annoyed' Honda to meet FIA over engine freeze
Honda is "annoyed" it has been left out of the relaxation of the F1 engine freeze for 2015.
After Ferrari and Renault championed a loophole in the regulations, the governing FIA's Charlie Whiting clarified that while existing manufacturers can now modify their turbo V6s during the 2015 season, Honda cannot.
That is because the rules explicitly mark out a February 28 homologation deadline for new engine makers.
And "As the existing manufacturers were obliged to homologate their power units by 28 February 2014, it would seem fair and equitable to ask a new manufacturer to homologate their power unit before February 28 2015," Whiting said.
We reported last weekend that, at...
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