[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by littleman

Yet again, it is the incompetence of the FIA that has led to this situation.

Hybrid engines should never have been adopted in the first place.The technology is still fairly new, they are complex, very expensive to develop and require considerable expertise to run them properly.

It should come as no surprise then that only a handful of global mega manufacturers would have anything like the resources necessary to produce them. As a consequence, the engine options available was always going to be tiny and very expensive.

What the FIA should have done, and should still do, is come up with an engine specification which allows a relatively cheap engine to be competitive so many,many more manufacturers and specialist engine builders could consider entering F1 and provide every team with a wide choice of motors. This would likely result in more teams joining in and a more competitive grid.

The Toyota Prius is ten years old ..hardly new technolgy is it !