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AUTOSPORT revealed cap last week that a loophole in the F1 technical regulations means Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault are allowed to introduce cap updates to their 2014 engines at any time over the course of this year.
The FIA also clarified that in the interests of fairness and equality, new manufacturers would not be given any extra freedoms and would have to abide by the same restrictions that Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari faced in 2014.
It could argue that changing parts of the engine is a breach of appendix 4 of F1's sporting regulations, which states that: "A manufacturer may homologate no more than one specification of power unit."
If a carmaker used two different types of engine in a season then it could be argued that it would be homologating two power unit specifications. A final decision would have to be made by FIA race stewards.
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