News Details

Mercedes and Williams to discuss gearbox supply deal

Mercedes could be set to supply gearboxes to Williams from as soon as next season. The reigning world champions currently supply the power unit that Williams use however their deal could extend further from 2019 as Williams look to mount a comeback after a disappointing 2018 campaign thus far. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told Formula1.com that the deal could be done in the next few weeks but that it would have to be a decision that is made sooner rather than later as the teams prepare to switch focus to next year's cars. "We are in discussions about doing that," he said. "They are an engine client of ours. It’s not a huge thing to increase that to a gearbox....
Full Story »
7y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ricciardo: New Red Bull deal will definitely be done...

With Mercedes seats taken in 2019 and Ferrari likely to stick to their...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Williams to buy Mercedes gearbox in 2019

Jul.26 Williams will take a step towards becoming a Mercedes 'B team' in...
7y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Mercedes target Williams seat for Russell

Mercedes are aiming to get their reserve and development driver, George...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Williams F1 could be Mercedes ‘B team’

Toto Wolff has admitted that Williams might be getting lined up as a...
7y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Paddock optimism for IndyCar’s new independent...

Drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series are largely happy to see the series’...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar grows international broadcast offerings for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced that its already extensive global...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Just win

Just win. That's basically the only thought in my head this morning. After...
55m ago from Arseblog.com

Sources: Man United & Arsenal locked in battle...

Eintracht Frankfurt’s Nathaniel Brown has rapidly transformed from...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

15 G/A in 14 games – The underrated star who...

Arsenal have stuttered recently as they no longer necessarily look like...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

70m-plus-player bid prepared which threatens to derail...

Arsenal could reportedly be facing a very real threat to their hopes of...
20h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.