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Engineer says team survival more important than engine talk
A former Formula 1 engineer thinks the sport has far bigger problems than a potential move to 1000-plus horse power engines.
According to Autosprint, the sport's powerbrokers will meet next week to discuss again the possibility of adapting the current turbo V6s to produce more sound and power by 2017.
The idea is gaining widespread assent up and down the pitlane.
'I think we do need to evolve, to improve,' Red Bull boss Christian Horner is quoted as saying. 'We need to make the cars more spectacular and difficult to drive so that the talent of the drivers can be seen.'
But Ossi Oikarinen (above), a Finnish engineer who worked with several F1 teams including Toyota, BMW and Ferrari until...
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