Christian Horner predicts as many as half the field may fail to finish the Australian GP as the new engine rules come into play. This season the sport is swapping from 2.4-litre V8 engines to 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 with ERS. And although the new units have been tested back at the factories, the teams will only have 12 days of pre-season testing to run the engines out on track. "It is a massive change," Horner told Bloomberg TV. "Firstly it is very expensive so it's a huge cost to all the teams involved. "It is a fundamental difference to last year's power unit going from a V8 to a V6 with a large turbocharger and a very big engine recovery system. "It is a...
Full Story »