Toto Wolff has addressed speculation of Mercedes potentially supplying Alpine with F1 eng🔯ines from 2026, claiming the French outfit are 🎃“exploring all sorts of avenues”.

According to The Race, Alpine are considering binning off their engine project for 2026 and thus would look to become a customer tea✃m.

The rumour is an intere♛sting one as i🤡t would mean Alpine would surrender their works status.

Renault have struggled to deliver a powerful engine since t🔯he introduc🌱tion of the current rules in 2014.

With new engine rules being introduced in 2026🌌, they have a choice to make.

McLaren legend Ron Dennis pr🔴eviously claimed that it would be impossible for a𒁏 customer team to win a world championship hence their switch from Mercedes to Honda in 2015.

However, McLaren’s return to Mercedes und⛎er Zak Brown 🏅hasn’t held them back, with the Woking outfit consistently the second-best team in F1.

Speaking about the Alpine rumours i🍒n a sit down interview with Sky F1, Wolff 💦said: “Alpine, at the moment, is exploring all sorts of avenues. Their management is clearly not happy with their performances.

“But you know how it is in Formula 1 - it swings. Three races ago, Alpine ha🐲d all ꦰthe reasons to explore opportunities.

“🌠But look at Barcelona and [Austria🐠] and they look much better. So maybe overall it isn’t just the engine.”

Mercedes have been vocal about their chances of performing w꧙ell in 2026 as they look to repeat what they achieved a decade ago.

Their confidence could be the catalyst in potentially signing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen to the team i🐻n the future, given 🥂the importance of a strong engine in the new rules.

However, when assessing the regulations as a whol🐻e, Wolff concedes they “don’t look particularly great”.

“The regulations, as they stand, don’t look particularly great,” he added. “But it’s a work in progress. I very much hope those responsible on 🍒the FIA side listen to the teams, and we work collaboratively to come up with regulations to make it an exciting sport. That is most importantꦏ. They are stakeholders, and also the fans out there.”