MARCH 20, 2002
Engines limited from 2004
The World Motor Sport Council met in Paris on Wednesday and voted through a proposal from the Formula 1 Commission to restrict drivers to just one engine per Grand Prix weekend from the start of 2004.
The regulation includes spare cars as the use of an additional engine so presumably anyone switching to a spare car will immediately lose 10 places on the grid even if the problem was unrelated to the engine. As a quid pro quo the FIA has agreed that it will not change the chassis regulations of Formula 1 for the next two seasons - which will save money for teams which cannot afford to build new cars every year.