Wolff happy with Williams deal: 'This highlights Mercedes' strength in F1'

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toto wolff mercedes over deal williams power units
8 January at 15:00
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  • Ludo van Denderen

Mercedes already had a customer team for 2026 and beyond with McLaren. Now with Williams, a second team have been added. Toto Wolff and his Mercedes extended the partnership with the British team.

Mercedes team boss, Toto Wolff, responded: "We are delighted to confirm Williams Racing as the second customer team that we will supply for the 2026 power unit regulations. Today’s news highlights the strength of the Mercedes-Benz offering in F1 and importantly not only validates, but reinforces, our overall motorsport strategy".

"Since 2014, we have continued to build and develop our relationship with Williams. As the team continues to put the foundations in place to challenge at the front of the grid, we look forward to supporting them with our power unit supply," Wolff said.

'Realtion Williams and Mercedes getting closer'

Hywel Thomas, Managing Director of Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains, is also pleased with the new deal: "Williams is an historic F1 team and 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," Thomas concluded.