Ben Sulayem Puts F1's V8 in 2030 at Rwanda's Grand Prix Launch, a Year Before the FIA Could Impose It Alone

Mohammed Ben Sulayem went to Kigali on Tuesday to help announce Formula 1's first African race since 1993, and he used the occasion to put a year on the V8: 2030. The FIA president said the new engine would make the cars about 80 kg lighter and cut research and development spending by at least 50 percent, and that he was "positive" it would make its debut at the Rwandan race, according to Taarifa Rwanda, which covered the event. None of that appears in Formula 1's own announcement. The release F