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Newey warns of ‘spending frenzy’ with end of token system
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Adrian Newey warns that ditching the F1 engine token system will lead to a “spending frenzy”, with Red Bull’s design genius worried about Mercedes and Ferrari pulling further away at the front. Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul revealed last Wednesday that engine development would be opened up from 2017 in exchange for manufacturers lowering the price of their customer power supply to an acceptable 12m (£8.6million). Since the introduction of the 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged engines, their scope of development has been defined by the technical regulations whereby constructors can only tweak selected components on their power unit using tokens. Asked by...
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