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Originally Posted by Mike Harte
At a meeting today, the 4 PSU suppliers and the FIA agreed to not implement the reduction of tokens for next season (it remains at 32, and will cover all the areas as this year), and to also allow the supply of year old units as done this year with Manor and Ferrari.
This now has to be agreed by all the teams, and then rubber stamped by the World Council.
Now to just sort out a continued supply by Renault to Red Bull, with Toro Rosso going back to Ferrari. But Lotus, who knows?  |
So in other words they have overruled the original agreement and ensured that RBR cannot be fully competitive with a works entry - just as Ron Dennis spelled out apparently.
Here is the original rule:
http://www.pitpass.com/54953/Custome...-works-in-2016
Article 23.5 of the 2016 Sporting Regulations (pdf) states: "Only power units which are identical to the power unit that has been homologated by the FIA in accordance with Appendix 4 of these regulations may be used at an Event during the 2016- 2020 Championship seasons."