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Old 24 Mar 2020, 16:56 (Ref:3966565)   #7
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Pingguest should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Casper View Post
In this day and age it I have no idea why F1 uses bespoke engines at all. It seems to be some sort of elitism now, back in previous decades it was necessary but not now as production road engines are so good. I think it is an engineering W**K to tell the truth.
It is possible to allow production-based power units - which are effectively banned nowadays - but impossible to obligate them. For example, Ferrari's power unit pool is entirely different than Honda's one.
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