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Todt admits FIA made mistakes with engine rules

Todt admits FIA made mistakes with engine rules FIA chief Jean Todt admits that, there were mistakes in the rules regarding the supply of Engine Units, introduced in 2014. New 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 engines were in 2014 season, and it is believed that a usual engine supply as a customer team would cost in the region of £20 Million, much exceeding the proposed £12 Million that the FIA would like to impose. Ferrari vetoed plans last month to reduce that price to 12million, and Mercedes says it already loses a 'substantial' amount of money on supply deals. 'No limit was proposed which was probably a mistake,' Todt told Autosport. “It doesn’t mean a cost limit would have been accepted...
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