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"Formula One has quietly dropped a requirement for engines to last three successive races this season.

Article 28.4 of the 2009 sporting regulations, posted on the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA)'s website (www.fia.com) this week, makes no mention of having to use engines in sequence.

"Each driver may use no more than eight engines during a championship season," the article declares.

"Should a driver use more than eight engines, he will drop 10 places on the starting grid at any event during which an additional engine is used."

There are 17 races this season, starting in Australia on March 29.

An FIA spokesman confirmed the new rule would allow drivers to use their eight engines in whatever sequence they wished."
http://tvnz.co.nz/motorsport-news/f1...e-rule-2445660


This could make for some interesting strategy! The penalty situation is not altogether clear to me. In fact the rule is stated rather ambiguously. Is it ok to use an engine for one, or two races, use a new one, and then the previous one later

"The FIA's world motor sport council said in a statement last month that there would be an eight engine quota per driver but added that the three-race rule previously agreed in November would remain in force"

If they use more than eight engines is it an additional penalty