Formula 1 champions Mercedes could enter Formula E slot to taking a choice to join the electric engine racing arrangement in 2018-19.
Mercedes may be one of a greatest of 12 sections in the arrangement, which was dispatched in 2014.
“Electrification will play a major role in the future of the automotive industry,” said Toto Wolff, head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport.
“This will make Formula E very relevant in the future.”
The third Formula E season begins in Hong Kong on 9 October. “According to the option agreement, Mercedes may choose to be one of the maximum of 12 entries to be proposed by the championship promoter to the FIA to enter the 2018-19 Formula E Championship.”
Ten teams – including car makers Renault, Audi, BMW and Jaguar – as of now participate in the arrangement, with two new passages to be designated for 2018-19 subject to the endorsement of the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
The fifth season is set to be a turning point for the title with battery advancement anticipated that would permit drivers to finish races in one car as opposed to switching to a second one mid-race.
In the mean time, the defective engine which halted Hamilton winning Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix has landed back in England where engineers will intend to discover what turned out badly. “We will leave no stone unturned,” Wolff said.
The engine burst into flames with 15 laps to go, with the Briton driving the race. Mercedes have won the drivers’ and constructors’ reality titles in F1 in the previous two seasons, with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg on course to help them win both again this year.
Zetsche said the car producer was setting up a noteworthy push in unadulterated electric vehicles on account of advances in battery innovation and more prominent buyer acknowledgment of zero-emanations vehicles.
Rival German carmaker BMW, which is working with the U.S.- based Andretti team to pick up learning about the arrangement, said a month ago that a works Formula E inclusion was “possible” from 2018.
English based Mercedes GP have won the Formula One drivers’ and constructors’ titles for as long as two seasons and are set to take both again this year with Germany’s Nico Rosberg and Britain’s triple champion Lewis Hamilton.
Formula One changed possession a month ago, with U.S. satellite TV head honcho John Malone’s Liberty Media taking control, and the game is likewise because of experience real govern changes next season.
