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Two-tier engine formula is necessity, not a desire– teams

F1 team principals revealed that teams running older power units have no other reason than commercial and financial constraints. Despite to the possibly better reliability, older engines mean only hindrance because of the rapid development of powertrains. F1’s governing body FIA has intended to reach performance convergence between engine manufacturer and fair treatment for customer teams. Performance convergence was needed because of Mercedes’ seemingly never-ending domination. FIA put a package of measures in place for 2017 and 2018 which should speed up the process of performance convergence. This included constraints on materials, diameters and pressures of different powertrain...
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