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Radical changes heading F1's way with 1000hp engines

Formula 1 could look very different in 2016 if the sport can agree on new regulations governing downforce, fuel, tyres and engines. A meeting was held this week in Geneva involving the FIA, F1's engine manufacturers and team representatives. On the agenda was ways to reverse the declining interest in the sport by making the cars harder to drive. The key solution, and one put forward by F1's Strategy Group and Power Unit Working Group (PUWG), is to increase horsepower from the present 800hp to more than 1000hp. There is a worry it could result in escalated costs, but the PUWG believes the 1000hp target can be met by simply modifying the current hybrid-V6 engines, rather than introducing a...
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