Formula One: FIA approves new V6 engine for 2014

LONDON: Formula One’s governing body has formally approved plans to introduce a new V6 1.6 litre turbo engine from the start of the 2014 season. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that its World Motor Sport Council had passed the new regulations in a fax vote. The Formula One commission that groups the sport’s main stakeholders had already unanimously agreed the switch from V8 to V6 units with energy recovery systems. The original plans had been for a 1.6 litre four cylinder hybrid turbo engine to be introduced in 2013 but that met resistance from some manufacturers.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 1^st, 2011.