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Struggling teams have always been a part of F1 - Todt

FIA president Jean Todt has called the decision to switch to V6-hyrbid engines "one of the few sensible" ideas Formula 1 has made in recent times. That's despite the cost of customer engine supply rising from around £10 million ($16m) to more than double at £22m ($33m), which several in the sport have blamed for the current financial crisis which has struck a number of teams including Caterham and Marussia. Todt though says struggling teams have always been a part of F1, therefore a change to the engines rules to make them cheaper isn't the answer. "I am not happy for Marussia and Caterham and I sympathize with them, but it has always happened," he told the...
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