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Formula 1 Teams Agree To End Engine Restrictions In Bid To Improve Competition

Formula 1 plans to "remove restrictions on engine development" for '17, according to Andrew Benson of the BBC. The move, "which has been agreed by the teams but still needs to be officially ratified," will mean the end of the complicated "token" system. Mercedes has "dominated F1 since the introduction of turbo hybrid engines" in '14, winning the drivers' and constructors' championships for the past two seasons. The hope is that "freeing up development will allow rivals to catch up." The "token" system, which "limited what can be done to engines and when, aimed to keep costs under control." But senior figures feel it has "introduced unnecessary complexity and restricted the ability of manufacturers to improve their engines." Engines were divided up into 66 parts, with "each part ascribed up to three tokens, depending on their influence on the performance of the engine." Companies "were given up to 32 tokens to develop their engines" in '15. For '16, in-season development has "again been allowed," while the number of tokens each manufacturer can use has been "increased to 32." But "then it will change" for '17. Drivers "will still be limited to four engines per season" (BBC, 2/4). 

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