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FIA president Ben Sulayem confident F1 will return to V8 engines

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem reiterated his support for Formula 1 to move to much cheaper V8 engines as soon as the 2029 season and also weighed up the chances of a 12th team joining the grid.

Speaking to Fleet Street journalists at last weekend's British Grand Prix in Silverstone, Ben Sulayem urged the series to move to a cheaper engine formula as soon as it is viable and thinks that move could happen for 2029 – just three years after the introduction of the ambitious 2026 power units. 

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