Formula One teams look set to agree to a change in the power unit allocation for this season from four to five, despite the demise of the German Grand Prix dropping the race total from 20 to 19. This year the allocation is supposed to be down to four after the FIA set it at five for the first season of the new formula in 2014. However, after teams experienced problems in Australia – notably Red Bull and McLaren - there are fears that there will be a gradual reduction in the amount of laps run on Fridays as everyone seeks to keep its engine allocation alive, and thus avoid grid penalties. Concerns that fans will thus get a raw deal have thus been used to push forward the idea, which was...
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