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Return turbocharged engines in Formula 1 12.12.2010

FIA returns turbo engine in Formula 1. This will happen by 2013, when teams will be required to use 4-cylinder, 1.6-liter engines with turbines. They will replace the current 2.4 liter V8. The aim is to save and less harmful emissions.

For the last turbo engines were used in F1 back in 1988 in 2013, and they will be limited to 12,000 rpm. At times the power will be greater because the systems for energy recovery KERS. It is claimed that the cars will spend 35 percent less fuel. At the crossroad of "traveling circus" season in 2013 and introduced other changes. Teams will be able to rely on only 5 engines, but by 2014 a - four. Transmissions would therefore have to be used in at least 5 races, and not as it is now at 4.

Meanwhile, FIA Jesuit repeal the ban on team orders. Teams will still be able to tell pilots what to do. Waiting for them, however, punishments if "violate the rule of fair play."