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Three engines per year rule "no new science" - Mercedes
Formula 1's move to three engines for the full season in 2018 will not require any "new science", says Mercedes' engine chief. This year drivers will incur grid penalties as soon as they use more than three internal combustion engines, MGU-Hs or turbochargers, rather than the previous four. Andy Cowell, head of the High Performance Powertrains arm that produces the engines Mercedes has used to win the last four F1 titles, said teams should not find the latest change taxing as it simply continues the trend begun with 2004's one-engine-per-weekend rule. "The move to the three engines means that you need to do seven races with each power unit, rather than five," Cowell told...
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