James Vowles, Williams Formula 1 team principal, has announced regarding an extension of engine deal with Mercedes till 2030.
The F1 is heading into a new regulatory era of power unit in 2026. The teams are finalising their engine partners before the start of new regulations.
Mercedes had extended its engagement with McLaren at the end of last year. Additionally, German supplier has extended its commitment to Williams for next regulatory era.
Vowles said: “It is fantastic to extend our partnership with Williams Racing until 2030.
“We have enjoyed a strong relationship with them since the introduction of the current power unit regulations and look forward to continuing that into this next era.
“Their commitment and support to our future power unit strategy is highly valued. We look forward to approaching this new rules set together, with the same passion and enthusiasm we did in 2014 and with the aim of achieving similar successes.”
Toto Wolff echoes Vowles
Toto Wolff, Mercedes F1 team boss, commented on its further commitment with Williams. He added: “Williams is an historic F1 team. Over the course of our partnership, we have enjoyed notable successes together since first partnering back in 2014.
“One of our proudest moments at HPP in the current turbo hybrid era was seeing our power unit lock out the top four positions at the 2014 Austrian Grand Prix with Williams taking a well-deserved third and fourth.
“Our working relationship with Williams has only strengthened over the past decade. And we look forward to continuing that productive approach as we head into the next generation of power units in 2026.”
Mercedes and Williams had partnered for power units since 2014. In the same year, Mercedes won the constructors’ championship. Additionally, its engine partners managed to score third, fifth and sixth on constructors’ championship.
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Williams and Mercedes partnership helped the formed to win 18 podiums in 2014. The latter dominated the turbo hybrid era where it continuously won eight constructors’ championship titles.
Williams had the best season results in 2014 and 2015 with Mercedes. It managed to score third in 2014.
New engine regulations 2026 will continue turbo hybrid power units. But the proportion of electric power will increase to 50%.
