[Rumours] Williams to be powered by Mercedes

[321Go]

Rumours from Monaco suggesting that Williams F1 will be AMG powered from next year.

[FIRE]

Thanks to Toto Wolff?

[321Go]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Thanks to Toto Wolff?

Looks like Toto has played a major part in the deal.

Rumour is gathering momentum folks. Looks like this could actually be true??

[wolfhound]

Joe Saward has mentioned it in his blog and its has also been mentioned on Crash.net. They also say that Caterham are looking at switch to Ferrari for cost reasons but how that will work with their Alpine deal who knows.


http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/...s-to-mercedes/

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/191532/...ault_exit.html

[321Go]

That's interesting. Cannot see Caterham switching to Ferrari power for next year. They currently use RBR gearbox and the same engine manufacturer, so it would make sense for all three teams (RBR, STR and Caterham) to use the same running gear.

[Sodemo]

What sense would switching to Mercedes do for Williams? I can only assume its a better deal financially? I'm certain the Renault engine is good enough, they just need to sort the car out.

[wolfhound]

Originally Posted by Sodemo

What sense would switching to Mercedes do for Williams? I can only assume its a better deal financially? I'm certain the Renault engine is good enough, they just need to sort the car out.

About £5,000,000 and don't forget Toto Wolff is still a shareholder at Williams as well as being boss at MB.

[NaBUru38]

It doesn't rhyme. Willams-Renault and Williams-Cosworth do.

[Paradise City]

Williams picking up McLaren's old Merc supply is intuitive. It's a surprise but it shouldn't be.

[321Go]

Toto Wolff said this Saturday night at Monaco:

"It's clear we are losing an engine customer in 2015, and for Mercedes it is important to have a regular business case and it is important to have at least three customers from 2015 onwards.
This is why we are having certain discussions, and Williams is one of them,"

In the meantime, three of Daimler/Mercedes hierarchy, Niki Lauda, Andy Cowell and Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber were spotted inside the Williams motorhome on Saturday evening.

[321Go]

Just found a link to this.

http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/05/25/w...mercedes-deal/

[Knowlesy]

You can have an aeroplane engine in that Williams, if Maldonado is driving it matters not a jot.

[Dutton]

I'd say going to Williams would make sense. They get a team that they know knows what it is doing, will find the means to pay their bills, will not leave F1 until going out of business (a few years left, yet), but have the bonus of knowing since they are running along the downward spiral are not going to threaten to upstage the works team.

It certainly makes sense to my mind.

[Knowlesy]

Hiya Dutton!

How's it going?

[Dutton]

Oh, not so bad. Working, sleeping, and now and then actually getting to do something interesting. Today is going swimmingly, what with Monaco, Indy, and the 600 to come. Some may call it unproductive, but I am going to have to claim the total opposite. The next few months are a bit of a write-off in general...

Yourself?

[Knowlesy]

Good thanks. Although unable to watch all the motorsport this weekend sadly!

Good to see you around, post more!

[BSchneiderFan]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

It doesn't rhyme. Willams-Renault and Williams-Cosworth do.

They don't really rhyme, as such.

[321Go]

Confirmed!

The Williams F1 Team and Mercedes-Benz are pleased to announce the signature of a long-term engine partnership from the 2014 Formula One World Championship season onwards.
Under the terms of the agreement, Williams will be supplied with a Mercedes-Benz Power Unit (Internal Combustion Engine plus Energy Recovery System) by Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) based in Brixworth, UK. Williams will continue to manufacture its own transmission.

http://www.williamsf1.com/Team/Media...e-partnership/

[Marbot]

Williams Mercedes.......hmmmmm.

At this point I think it is safe to say that Cosworth will not be coming to the 'T' party.

[bjohnsonsmith]

There's an interesting bit towards the end of this article on William's engine history.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107758

[steve nielsen]

Originally Posted by 321Go

That's interesting. Cannot see Caterham switching to Ferrari power for next year. They currently use RBR gearbox and the same engine manufacturer, so it would make sense for all three teams (RBR, STR and Caterham) to use the same running gear.

Caterham already confirmed a new Renault deal

[steve nielsen]

I thought this would happen since it was anounced Toto Wolf would be the new Mercedes boss(and would still keep his Williams shares)

[steve nielsen]

http://augustacrime.com/mercedes-williams/

[JeremySmith]

Williams are just lost...

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

Williams are just lost...

The race operation arguably hasnt been the same since Dr Gillan was in the building