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F1 car repairs taking four times longer in 2014
F1 car repairs taking four times longer in 2014 26 February, 2014 Repairing technical problems is taking team engineers and mechanics up to four times longer than usual in Formula 1′s new V6 turbo power unit era.
Writing in sports daily Marca, Marco Canseco said the issue is so significant that a breakdown on the Saturday morning of a race weekend could mean the car is still not repaired by the time of the qualifying hour.
'Repair processes have at times been multiplied by four,' said Canseco, referring to the multitude of breakdowns seen so far at the Jerez and Bahrain tests.
'If replacing a gearbox used to take an hour, we can now be talking about four. In the case of an engine, we...
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