The addition of a fifth engine to the current allocation of four now looks unlikely, with Mercedes set to veto the change according to Niki Lauda. It had been agreed in Malaysia - unanimously according to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner - that a fifth engine would be added to the regulations, meaning a driver wouldn't face a penalty until they were forced to use a sixth unit. "That was all the teams, including Bernie Ecclestone," said Horner just two weeks ago. Lauda however insists that rules simply can't be changed part way through a season and Mercedes are therefore likely to veto the change. "There will be no fifth engine," he told the Austrian news agency...
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