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Honda not keen on FIA backed two engine formula proposal

Honda does not like the sound of the FIA's client engine idea for Formula 1 which may make it onto the grid in 2017. Although struggling at present, the Japanese carmaker's F1 chief Yasuhisa Arai said Honda decided to return to the sport with McLaren after a six-year break because of the current turbo V6 ‘power unit' regulations. But to help teams struggling with the high price of buying that technology, FIA president Jean Todt has backed Bernie Ecclestone's idea of bringing in an independent supplier of a cheaper, 2.2 litre twin-turbo engine. 'If the FIA wants to bring in an entirely new engine, that means there will be two different engines in Formula 1,' Arai-San told Speed Week....
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