Formula 1 is targeting a return to four-digit horse power with the sport's powerful strategy group set to meet over the issue, in Paris on Thursday. High on the agenda for discussion will be Bernie Ecclestone's desire for 1,000 horse power by 2017. The F1 supremo has confirmed to Forbes that the so-called new engine ‘unfreeze', allowing manufacturers to more freely develop their turbo V6s throughout the season, will not be enough. '(It's a) good power unit and a wonderful bit of engineering but not designed for formula one,' he told business journalist Christian Sylt. Indeed, a new report by Italy's authoritative La Gazzetta dello Sport reveals that Ecclestone is preparing to...
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