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Author Topic: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??  (Read 2734 times)

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Seems Williams may be in the market for more than just a new engineering boss, a change of engine may also be on the cards. - Good move or shot in the dark? Time will tell.

https://f1i.com/news/347146-williams-seeking-to-switch-to-renault-engines-in-2020.html


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Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2019, 05:45:12 PM »
In a way it would make sense with the Pat Fry rumours that have been going around.

Offline Monty

Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2019, 02:18:52 PM »
I guess we will never know the truth but I doubt very much that Williams would choose to move away from Mercedes power; it might be that Mercedes decide not to let them have ICE units.
Then there are lots of questions; do Renault have the capacity to supply another team?; could it be that another team want Mercedes and therefore Williams are going to lose Mercedes power; if this is the case - which Renault team want to change to Mercedes power?
Oh the intrigue!!

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Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2019, 04:27:05 PM »
Well, it's got to be McLaren, unless Renault themselves have had enough of their own power units  :D

Offline Scott

Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2019, 05:14:31 PM »
Well, it's got to be McLaren, unless Renault themselves have had enough of their own power units  :D
  :DD :DD :DD. Beat me to it  :D
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Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2019, 06:02:59 PM »
It's possible that Haas and/or Alpha are getting tired of Ferrari hand-me-downs and see Mercedes hand-me-downs as more desirable.

I can see Haas doing that, they had a partnership to learn F1 from Ferrari, maybe they've learned as much as they can from a non-championship team and are looking for better mentors. 

Alternatively, there seems to be a deeper pool of 'Mercedes affiliated' drivers than 'Ferrari affiliated' drivers.  If Haas is tired of K-Mag and Grosjean, they might be looking for drivers that only come with engine contracts.

Offline Scott

Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2019, 10:34:06 AM »
I think there is more involved in the Alfa ties to Ferrari than just the engine deal - they are likely obliged to take the Ferrari engines.  Sauber still runs the team, but their Ferrari ties run deep and I doubt they could survive without the Ferrari support.
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Offline Warmwater

Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2019, 05:24:32 PM »
Williams problem is not the engine, it's everything else.
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.” ― Mario Andretti.

Online Jericoke

Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2019, 04:32:07 AM »
I think there is more involved in the Alfa ties to Ferrari than just the engine deal - they are likely obliged to take the Ferrari engines.  Sauber still runs the team, but their Ferrari ties run deep and I doubt they could survive without the Ferrari support.

Certainly I agree that Haas is more likely to dump Ferrari than Alfa is, but Sauber does have a history with Mercedes.

(I don't seriously think either team is looking to dump Ferrari, but just for the purposes of conversation, can't rule it out out of hand)

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Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2019, 06:29:12 PM »
Apparently this is all just idle speculation and Williams are engaged in very positive talks with Mercedes about continuing their partnership.  With Toto Wolff involved, I would be surprised to see it any other way.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/144723/williams-close-to-extending-mercedes-engine-supply

Offline lkjohnson1950

Re: Silly season - usually F1 Teams & drivers - now engines maybe??
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2019, 07:30:08 PM »
The issues might be about what they get from Merc besides the engines. How much tech and design support Merc is willing to supply vs what Williams wants.
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