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Originally Posted by coppice
I can't get over excited as the rules are so prescriptive that essentially the same engine is being made by all F1 suppliers. Yes , Honda didn't read the instructions properly but there is little room for genuine innovation. And if we are going to be dropping some of the heavy , expensive and complex energy recovery nonsense we should have a more laissez faire approach - so if Porsche want to do a Flat 4 1.6 turbo and Merc a V8 one they should be allowed to do so.
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Long gone are the days when engines had different configurations. It woukd be great if they did but I don't see it ever happening again. The argument for having a 'spec' engine is to keep costs down.