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Are Williams about to become Mercedes' B team?

Williams may become more closely aligned with Mercedes in 2019 as they ponder adding gearboxes to their power unit order from the Silver Arrows. The move may be of interest to other midfield teams as the thorny issues of 'B' teams in Formula 1 swirls around the matter of Force India's future in particular. Williams are among a clutch of teams - including McLaren and Renault - who have hesitated on signing off a rescue package for Force India over fears that they could become a "slave" team, in Cyril Abiteboul's terms. Force India already take gearboxes as well as power units from Mercedes, so Silver Arrows team boss Toto Wolff does not envisage it causing too many issues. "We...
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