The debate over teams being able to take a fifth engine without penalty will be one of the highest profile elements of Thursday's F1 Strategy group meeting, although the consensus is that its supporters will struggle to get the idea voted through. Last year the rules allowed teams to use five engines without penalty, but the figure went down to four this year as it was deemed that the manufacturers would be on top of reliability. However Renault has had a worse time than last season, while Honda is of course in its own debut year. The fifth engine originally emerged in the context of ensuring that teams do not start to sit in the garage on Fridays as the season goes on in order to save...
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