The engine development ‘freeze’ deadline will not be extended.<\/p>\n
Earlier, it emerged that crisis-struck Renault had managed to get onto the agenda for Friday’s F1 strategy group meeting a discussion about extending the end-February deadline for the homologation of its troubled V6 ‘power unit’.<\/p>\n
But the French marque’s Remi Taffin said on Friday: “Today we have sent an engine to the FIA to be sealed and we feel comfortable.<\/p>\n
“We would however be liars if we said that three more months would not have helped us,” he is quoted by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n
Correspondent Michael Schmidt said engine rivals Mercedes and Ferrari “were of the opinion that they should not be punished for doing their job well while others did not”.<\/p>\n
Also rejected on Friday was the proposal to extend the new ‘double points’ concept for the 2014 season finale to the previous two grands prix as well.<\/p>\n
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Former Ferrari team spokesman Luca Colajanni has joined the newly Ferrari-powered Marussia as ‘partnership director’, working with technical and commercial partners.<\/p>\n
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A blog post by a well-known F1 journalist has been proved wrong.<\/p>\n
The British writer claimed a law firm is buying 9 per cent of the Lotus team, but in fact London-based Jag Shaw Baker had simply advised the Enstone team on a recent transaction and been listed in company documents for that reason.<\/p>\n
Sources at both the law firm and also Lotus confirmed that the blog post, still active and uncorrected, is incorrect.<\/p>\n
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