Williams To Continue Using Mercedes Engines Until End Of 2025

Williams Racing has just signed a long-term engine partnership extension with current supplier Mercedes, that will last them until the end of the 2025 Formula 1 season.

The two companies have been working together since the start of the 2014 season, and while Williams will continue to utilize Mercedes-Benz power units, meaning the internal combustion engine plus the Energy Recovery System, they will carry on manufacturing their own transmission, just like they’re doing now.

In recent years, teams have gone from using naturally aspirated 2.4-liter V8 engines to 1.6-liter V6 turbocharged hybrid units, a move that helped Williams achieve third-place finishes in 2014 and 2015.

“We have enjoyed a wonderful partnership with Mercedes-Benz over the past six years of what was originally a seven-year agreement, and so we are delighted to be continuing working with them for a further five years from 2021. Mercedes-Benz has been one of the sport’s most successful engine suppliers and we believe that they will continue to have an extremely competitive engine package going forwards. Over our time with them they have become a real friend of the team, and we look forward to working with Mercedes-AMG HPP in future,” said the team’s deputy principal Claire Williams.

Right now, Williams is in the midst of an all-time bad season, having amassed just a single point in the Constructors Standings through Robert Kubica. They trail 2nd-to-last place Haas by 25 points – a situation that’s unlikely to change this year.

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“Williams is one of the iconic brands in Formula One and we at Mercedes are proud to count them as part of our motorsport family. They have been through some tough times recently but that has only served to demonstrate their resilience and strength of character as they battle back to where they belong on the grid,” said Mercedes-AMG team boss, Toto Wolff.

“I am certain that the outlook for independent teams is bright under the financial regulations that will be introduced from 2021 and we are delighted to continue our partnership with Williams into that new era of our sport.”