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McLaren calls for F1 engine rules “rethink”

McLaren’s Eric Boullier has called for a “rethink” of the current engine rules in Formula 1 following the penalties awarded to the team’s drivers for power-unit changes. Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso will both start from the back of the grid for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, having both been handed 25-place grid penalties for changing numerous components on their troublesome Honda power-units. Boullier described the situation as a “sad” one for the sport, adding that rulemakers got it wrong when they drafted the technical regulations surrounding the introduction of the new V6 turbo hybrid engines at the start of last season. “When you go back a year to the introduction...
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