McLaren in Mercedes Benz they cooperated 20 let, but for the 2015 season they v Woking decided that s Hondo they start a new story. McLaren he wanted to become factory team, as they hoped for better chances in the championship based on that. It’s better than just being a customer another violin for the manufacturer. How did this new story honey McLarn in Hondo finished, we know well. In the year 2021 however, there will be a reconnection - in the motor area - between McLarn in Mercedes. Is this perhaps a hint that it will Mercedes Benz as a factory team said goodbye to Formula 1 and that it will be then McLaren became a new “factory” team? By no means, as he points out Toto wolff, team boss Mercedes Benz: “There is a factory team and then there is the relationship to the pages in the field of engines, which does not mean the beginning of cooperation with the new factory team and that we will no longer be."
O word branded star from Formula 1, has been speculated on several occasions in the recent past. In the coming weeks, they will definitely (this can only be prevented by another space dive) win already twelfth title in six years (6 racing and 6 team), which means that the silver arrows got everything they could get and set a new record in dominance. Furthermore Mercedes Benz also enters this year Formula E, where a completely new field of development is offered. New collaboration with McLarn however, there is no guarantee that it will Mercedes Benz in Formula 1 remained as a factory team. “These two things are not connected," so Wolff, which highlights a long and successful history Mercedesa as an engine manufacturer. “At this point, we cannot say that we may remain as a supplier of engines rather than as a factory team. But we love the factory team."
And so we would also like to continue. “In the current state, we want to understand in which direction Formula 1 will go and how it will develop. We want to continue as a factory team,” he says Wolff. But the question arises as to why Mercedes Benz z McLarn provided an additional partner. At that time, the manufacturer equips two teams with its engines, namely Williams in Racing Point. Of course, one of the topics is money. “More customers also means more revenue for Daimler,”Admits the Austrian. To this it is necessary to add additional acquired knowledge. “By having more engines in use, we will also learn more. Lastly, we could also see failures at Kubica in Spa and Perez in Monza. All of this is part of the learning process,He added Wolff.
But while Racing Point in Williams they do not represent serious competition, but it has McLaren completely different ambitions. Team from Woking wants to return to the top in the medium term Formula 1. This could also make you serious competitive silver arrows. After he did McLaren parted with Hondo, is Mercedes Benz initially refused to cooperate, the same had previously been done with Red Bull, which was then the benchmark for all teams in Formulas 1. "At the time, our team was almost so far away that it could finally win, and I was against it at the time,”He remembers Wolff, while the former chairman of the supervisory board Niki Lauda even advocated cooperation with Red Bullom. When offered the opportunity to work with McLarn, but in the meantime he intervened Lauda. "He told me to stick to my position and focus on the factory team."
But for the year 2021 the situation is completely different. “We will have a new era with a more level playing field and better competitiveness. From a motor perspective, we believe we can learn significantly more. The advantages outweigh the potential disadvantages of pitting against such a strong challenger as McLaren,He emphasized Wolff. "Of course, there is also a certain risk for us. If McLaren does a good job of what they stand for, then they will be a benchmark for us. We may then have to say that our form is not good enough, precisely because they have the same powertrain. But we will now be in the hybrid period for seven years and thus be ready for this step."
By the way: The famous spy affair "spygate”From the year 2007when this alliance had to be strong bleed, pay $ 100 million in fines and was left without even design points, is forgotten. “At the time, it was a very dark period for McLaren and Mercedes. It cost both sides a lot of money. However, this is behind us, 12 years have passed since then and it has played no role in deciding the new collaboration."
