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Originally Posted by KidWonder

http://www.topspeed.com/racing/f1/f1...3-ar88901.html

That article is old - they're actually going to 6 cylinder turbo engines rather than 4 cylinder (though they'll still be tiny displacement). If I remember right, the reason for 6 cylinders over 4 was to better allow the engine block to be part of the structure of the car.