Alpine will no longer produce its own Formula 1 engines and will purchase engines from Mercedes from 2026.
Parent company Renault had already decided in September that it would no longer develop factory engines for the premier motorsport class at the Viry-Chatillon site.
As Alpine, led by chief consultant Flavio Briatore, announced, Mercedes will deliver engines and transmissions from 2026 until the end of 2030.
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Alpine is a racing team in crisis. However, the driver duo Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly catapulted the team to sixth place in the constructors’ championship with second and third places at the Grand Prix in Brazil at the beginning of November.
Last year, Alpine sold 24 percent of the team to a group of investors including actor Ryan Reynolds, golfer Rory McIlroy and American football star Patrick Mahomes for 200 million euros.
From 2026, new regulations will apply in Formula 1 with an increase in the proportion of electrical power to 50 percent and the introduction of 100 percent sustainable fuel. Then the era of Renault ends after 50 years in Formula 1.
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