New Regulations for 2017-2020

by dyrewolfe Sat 30 Apr 2016, 11:17 am

The FIA, FOM and the teams have agreed the technical and financial rules for the next four seasons.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36172295

As well as making the cars look quite different, they will ensure costs for customer teams will be reduced. They also include measures to force the convergence of engine performance across the manufacturers.

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Ways in which F1 hopes to ensure the convergence of performance across the four suppliers include the removal of restrictions on development and constraints on the weights, dimensions and materials of various parts of the engines.

In addition, restrictions on turbo-boost pressure will be introduced in 2017 and 2018.

To further ensure cost reduction for customer teams, who have complained the engines are too expensive, the number of engines a driver can use each season will be progressively reduced over the next two years.

Customer teams currently pay in the region of €18-23m a year for a supply.

Manufacturers have agreed to ensure all teams have an engine, following the controversy surrounding Red Bull last season when the former champions tried and failed to dump Renault for an alternative supplier.

If a team finds itself without an engine in the future, an "obligation to supply" will be triggered. Details have not been released.