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Formula 1 rule changes set for 2017 season

Widespread technical and rule changes are coming to Formula 1, starting with the 2017 season. Days ago, Bernie Ecclestone told La Gazzetta dello Sport his ideal scenario would be to scrap the quiet, expensive and complex turbo V6s and replace them with 1000 horse power V8s. 'The people would return, the show would return, the sponsors would return,' the F1 supremo predicted. Talks with F1 team bosses were then held in Bahrain. Ecclestone, 84, would clearly like to impose his changes 'as soon as possible', but the realistic aim is for 2017. The Briton has accused Mercedes and Toto Wolff of blocking any proposals and 'killing' the sport, but Wolff said in Bahrain: 'I think the rules are...
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