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'V6s could force fans and manufacturers out'

Bernie Ecclestone has yet again decried F1's upcoming switch to smaller V6 engines, saying it cost the sport manufacturers if it goes wrong. This season is the last in which the 2.4litre V8s will be used as next year Formula One is swapping to more environmentally-friendly 1.6litre turbocharged V6s. Ecclestone has long made his unhappiness with the change known and has now added that the sport could lose its manufacturers if the swap proves to be a disaster. "The trouble is that manufacturers have spent a lot of money on the engines," F1 supremo told Autoweek. "What I tried to say to them the other day is that they will have to spend a lot more money if they get it wrong......
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