Welcome at RacingNews365

Become part of the largest racing community in the United Kingdom. Create your free account now!

  • Share your thoughts and opinions about F1
  • Win fantastic prizes
  • Get access to our premium content
  • Take advantage of more exclusive benefits
Sign in
Australian

Australian

Chinese

Chinese

Japanese Japanese GP

Start race
02 d 23:26:57
Quali. Qualifying
Race Race
Bahrain

Bahrain

Saudi Arabian

Saudi Arabian

Miami

Miami

Emilia Romagna

Emilia Romagna

Monaco

Monaco

Spanish

Spanish

Canadian

Canadian

Austrian

Austrian

British

British

Belgian

Belgian

Hungarian

Hungarian

Dutch

Dutch

Italian

Italian

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Singapore

Singapore

United States

United States

Mexican

Mexican

Brazilian

Brazilian

Las Vegas

Las Vegas

Qatar

Qatar

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Toto Wolff

Wolff makes Mercedes power unit progress concession

Toto Wolff, Mercedes team principal, has stated that whilst certain goals are being met by the Brackley squad ahead of the 2026 F1 power unit rules change, it is difficult to know how well things are developing.

Wolff
Article
To news overview © XPBimages

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has conceded he is unsure how the German marque's 2026 F1 power unit development is going.

The Austrian's squad will continue to provide engines for three customer teams when the regulations are overhauled at the end of the season to come.

Whilst Williams and McLaren remain under Mercedes' supply, Aston Martin will embark on a works deal with Honda.

However, Alpine is surrendering its own works team status, with Renault bowing out of the series, and will be buying engines from the Wolff-led operation.

It is widely anticipated that Mercedes will start the new power unit era strongly, as it did at the advent of Turbo-Hybrid V6s in 2014.

Although, this is partly based on the expectation that other teams may be initially slow out the gates, like Red Bull, which is developing its own power unit for the first time, and Audi, which is new to F1 entirely.

Nevertheless, Wolff is practicing caution, highlighting that whilst some targets are being met and some are still being worked towards, the teams ultimately lack a true reference point and absolute context, especially compared to what rival manufacturers might be achieving. 

"Certain expectations we're meeting, that's good," the 52-year-old told media including RacingNews365.

"Others, we're still pushing to achieve our targets. It's not trivial.

"But then the question is, have you set your expectations in the right way? So the answer is, we don't know where we are."

Also interesting:

Join RacingNews365's Ian Parkes, Sam Coop and Nick Golding in the final episode of the year, as Ian and Sam battle it out in the RacingNews365 Big Fat F1 Quiz of the Year! Join in the fun by yourself or with other people to test your 2024 F1 knowledge!

Rather watch the podcast? Then click here!

Subscribe to our YouTube channel and win an F1 scale model car of your favourite driver!

Win amazing F1 prizes!

Join the conversation!

  1. https://cdn.racingnews365.com/Avatars/small/avatars_numbers/avatars_numbers_2024_mv.png

    Robson Coimbra

    Mercedes is widely expected to start the new era of the power unit with a bang, as it did with the advent of V6s Turbo-Hybrids in 2014???? But what makes these people think that Mercedes will do the same as the hybrid era? Remember, Mercedes had already been developing the hybrid project for about 7 years before the FIA bought the idea, the 2026 engines all start from a blank sheet. All, Ferrari, Red Bull/Ford, Honda, Mercedes and Audi can surprise!

LATEST Lawson reveals 'done deal' Red Bull demotion timeline