MANAMA, Bahrain - Technical change is coming to formula one.
Just a few days ago, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone told La Gazzetta dello Sport his ideal scenario would be to scrap the quiet, expensive and complex turbo V6s and replace them with 1000 horse-power(746kW) V8s.
RETURN OF THE V8?
Ecclestone predicted: "The people would return, the show would return, the sponsors would return."
Talks with F1 team bosses were then held in Bahrain. Ecclestone, 84, would clearly like to impose his changes "as soon as possible", but the realistic aim is for 2017.
The Briton has accused Mercedes and Toto Wolff of blocking any proposals and "killing" the sport, but Wolff said in Bahrain: "I think the rules are going to get changed for 2017."
Wolff told F1's official website the talks this weekend have been about making the cars "more spectacular and quicker".
"That is happening," Wolff added.