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Marko: We will quit F1 if engine rules don't change

Helmut Marko is resigned to the current era power unit in Formula 1, but has warned that if the rules are not changed for 2021 and beyond then Red Bull will consider pulling out of the sport at the highest level. In an interview with El Confidencial, Marko said, '[The current engines] are a fantastic example of engineering, but they are not suitable for Formula 1. They are overly complicated, you need between eight and ten people to start it, the cannot do it without the instructions and advice of the engineers.' 'They do not make noise, they are very expensive and they are complicated. And as I explain, if you put together these factors properly, it is not an engine like the ones before....
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