It is a fact that Aston Martin will leave to be a client of Mercedes from 2026when they will start a new road by the hand of Sling looking to be the only team powered by them.
However, the reasons of this alliance and, above all, of the break with Mercedes they are not clear. What is clear is that since Aston Martin want to establish themselves as a big team and pointer of the Formula 1.
It was precisely about this emancipation of those from Silverstone that he spoke Toto WolffMercedes team leader, in a statement collected by ‘Motorsport.com’.
“I don’t think switching from a Mercedes to Honda customer situation has anything to do with the power unit“, Toto has commented about his engines. “I think that in terms of power unit they always wanted to be emancipatedand that’s what they’re doing,” he adds.
However, from Mercedes they understand that this was a logical step that Aston Martin I had to give to keep progressing and achieve big results: “Have their own supplier of power unitshis own fuel supplier and they are building a big factory“.
Aston Martin is the way to go
The great evolution of Aston Martin has not left anyone indifferent. last season ended sevenths in the constructors’ world championship, while, to date, there are secondsjust behind Red Bull.
One of the key factors in this step forward has a first and last name: Fernando Alonso. In these first six races of the year Fernando has managed to be in the podium in five of them, four times third and athe last, second. It’s found third in it world of pilots and can still give war. Your next chancehe Barcelona Grand Prix.
