Toto Wolff: "We work to guarantee power units to the smaller teams"
The Mercedes team principal is in favor of reducing engine costs
Over the last weekend the Strategy Group rejected the proposal to combine the power units with an economic engine. An idea spearheaded by the FIA and supported by smaller teams such as Sauber and Force India.
Toto Wolff has expressed a favorable opinion on the entry of a low-cost engine into Formula 1: “I have always said that the Federation pushes for the cost of engines to be lowered for medium and small teams. I think it's the right thing."
But he also explains that "the engines we work on can be very complex and are the result of a refined technical evolution".
“Power units more accessible to small teams? We're working on it". The sound of the new turbo engines is only a distant relative of that of their predecessors: “Can we increase the fun factor and increase the sound? Yes, we could,” said the Mercedes team principal.
Wolff himself has no doubts about who will be Red Bull's supplier in 2016: "Red Bull and Renault have a contract for next year, and that's what both parties have worked so hard to achieve for so long."
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