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Toto Wolff: Two-tier engine formula will damage F1
As the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone push one with plans to have an independent engine supplier in F1, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff tells Adam Cooper that the move risks causing serious damage to the sport. The FIA's decision to issue a tender for the proposed 2017 "alternative" F1 engine has ramped up the emerging conflict between the governing body, Bernie Ecclestone and Red Bull on the one side, and basically everyone else on the other. Although the FIA has made clear its intention to pursue the alternative route it nevertheless came as a surprise that the tender was published before the plan had gone through the process of being approved by the F1 Commission, where it looked likely to...
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