F1 drivers may be allocated an extra engine for next season, if the calendar really does swell to an unprecedented 22 races.<\/p>\n
In 2013, the long-life engine rules dictate that drivers can use no more than eight V8 engines for the entire season.<\/p>\n
But from next year, under the radical new turbo V6 rules, drivers will be penalised if they use more than just five 1.6 litre ‘power units’.<\/p>\n
It is expected that, when he presents the calendar to the World Motor Sport Council in Croatia on Friday, Bernie Ecclestone will have trimmed the schedule to 20 or 21 races.<\/p>\n
But race director Charlie Whiting told Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport: “If there are 22, we can talk about a sixth engine per driver.”<\/p>\n
The smaller teams, however, might not be happy with that.<\/p>\n
Their engine bills are already doubling under the new V6 regime, and Auto Motor und Sport claims that just one extra engine will cost them an extra EUR 2 million.<\/p>\n
And they will need yet another extra engine – perhaps two – for the new private testing in 2014.<\/p>\n
“Every kilometre now costs us 800 euros,” said Force India team manager Andy Stevenson.\u00a0 “Many of us can’t afford these testing days.”<\/p>\n
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