F1 News
Date: 30/06/2011
The Formula One World Championship will switch to 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged engines from the 2014 season.
The decision was ratified by the FIA on Wednesday, and replaces a previous ruling that planned for 1.6-litre 4-cylinder turbo engines to be introduced in 2013.
That ruling fell out of favour due to concerns about development costs and the neutering of engine sound, considered to be one of F1's main 'wow factors' for fans at the track.
Red Bull's Adrian Newey recently revealed that a major reason for the 4-cylinder concept gaining initial approval had been interest shown by Audi.
Newey explained: "[Audi] said they would come into the sport if there was a four-cylinder turbo, and that's what everyone agreed in order to get Audi in. They subsequently decided that they won't bother after all, thank you very much, and we were lumbered with a four-cylinder turbo."
Turbo engines have not been seen in F1 since 1988, after which they were replaced by normally-aspirated engines of 3.5 (1989-1994), 3.0 (1995-2005) and then 2.8 litre (2006 to present) capacity.
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