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Ecclestone backs 1,000 hp engines for F1 in 2017

Formula One commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone was asked whether he agreed with prospective plans to introduce 1,000 horsepower V6 engine units from 2017 -- a switch to a louder engine more akin to the type of roaring engines that were a hallmark of the sport before the switch to the quieter V6 turbo hybrid power units last year. There are four engine manufacturers in F1 -- Mercedes, Renault, Ferrari and Honda -- and they held talks during the Bahrain Grand Prix about the 1,000 horsepower engines. 'If that's the way forward then we should continue to work on it,' Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said. 'Concepts are being put into place to make it a spectacular new formula in 2017.'...
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