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Ecclestone urged FIA to include Honda in engine unfreeze

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has revealed he was involved in the FIA's U-turn over allowing Honda into the new 2015 Formula 1 power unit unfreeze. Initially, the governing body had locked McLaren's new works partner out of the decision to let 2014 suppliers Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault deploy their development ‘tokens' beyond a start-of-season deadline. But the FIA eventually decreed that Honda can in fact do a limited amount of developing in 2015, and F1 supremo Ecclestone says he was involved in the turnaround. 'We discussed the issue with the FIA,' Ecclestone told media, 'and I said that we have to use a slightly different approach because otherwise no one else would...
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