Ever since the new 1.6-litre turbocharged V6 with added ERS engines were introduced at the start of 2014, there has been controversy about whether this is the right direction for Formula 1.
Now the idea of an alternative, budget engine has been tabled, with lots of talk about it over the Mexican Grand Prix weekend.
I am fully in favour of it, otherwise we are going to end up with very small grids. It's all well and good the big manufacturers spending megabucks to produce this new technology, but the majority of the grid is made up of independents.