Red Bull fumes over engine mess ‘This engine has done nothing positive for #F1′

RED Bull boss Christian Horner has called for an urgent review of F1’s engine-penalty rules in the wake of the Italian GP being transformed by grid demotions.

Nearly half the field took grid penalties for Sunday’s race, with their cumulative total reaching 150 positions. Only four cars started the race from the position they actually qualified in.

“It needs a serious look at to see whether there is a better way to penalise a manufacturer or an entrant as opposed to messing around with the grid,” said Horner. “It is only going to get worse towards the end (of the season) and it would be a shame to see this championship decided on grid penalties.”

In a scathing rebuke of the V6 power units introduced for the start of F1’s new hybrid era in 2014, Horner added: “This engine has done nothing positive for Formula 1 since it was introduced.”

WHAT DO THE RULES SAY?

For 2017, every driver is limited to just four power units for the entire season with the power unit defined as being comprised of six elements — the internal combustion engine, the motor generator unit-kinetic, the motor generator unit-heat, the energy store, turbocharger and control electronics. If any of those elements are used more than four times, a penalty is then imposed…

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