Formula 1 chiefs have approved a plan for a fresh clampdown on oil being illegally burned as fuel, following suspicions that emerged about the tactic in the build-up to this season. Following a query from Red Bull to the FIA about the possibility of teams burning oil to deliver a power boost in qualifying – amid its suspicions that Mercedes had benefited the most from this – the FIA confirmed that such activity was not allowed. In response to the Red Bull communication, the FIA subsequently upped its monitoring of oil usage and chemical composition of oil used by teams to ensure that no wrongdoing was taking place. Although nothing untoward has been found, further efforts have been made...
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