Ecclestone happy to keep V6 engines if costs kept down

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone (L) speaks to Matteo Bonciani (R), FIA media delegate, as Mohammed Shareeda, Bahrain's circuit chief press officer, looks on during a visit to the media centre at the Bahrain International Circuit during Bahrain's F1 Grand Prix, south of Manama, April 19, 2015. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who has been critical of the sport's V6 turbo hybrid power units since their debut last year, said on Sunday he would be happy to keep them if they became more powerful for less money.

Engine manufacturers held talks in the Bahrain Grand Prix paddock on Friday about plans to introduce 1,000 horsepower V6 units from 2017, which would make cars louder and more of a handful.