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F1 needs to address aero costs not engine costs - Prost

Alain Prost believes F1 should address rising costs Sutton Images Enlarge Four-time champion Alain Prost has warned Formula One that it needs to restrict its spending on aerodynamic performance in order to remain sustainable in the future. Next year all teams face rising costs as they adopt a new engine formula that will see the current V8 engines replaced with V6 turbos and complex energy recovery systems. Prost is an ambassador for F1 engine manufacturer Renault, and while he accepts costs are set to rise, he believes the teams' wind tunnel budgets and not the engines should come under scrutiny. Asked whether F1 should have acted earlier to address rising costs, he said: "I think...
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