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F1 set for talks over engine performance, budget caps

Jul.24 Budget caps and struggling engines will be on the agenda at the next meeting of the F1 Commission. Auto Motor und Sport claims that 'comparative measurements' have shown that Renault, owner and engine supplier to the Alpine team, is 'at least' 30 horsepower behind Honda, Mercedes and Ferrari. Renault would like some leeway in the engine performance freeze to catch up. Christian Horner, whose Red Bull team struggled for years with underpowered Renault engines, thinks Formula 1 should be receptive to the idea. 'If there's a clear deficit under homologation, it's something we should be sensible about,' he said at the Hungaroring. 'Otherwise they're locked in for two more years.'...
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