Toto Wolff has addressed speculation of Mercedes potentially supplying Alpine with F1 engines from 2026, claiming the French outfit are “explorin🐓g 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 team.

The rumour 🅷is an interesting one as it would mean Alpine💝 would surrender their works status.

Renault have struggled to deliver a powerful engine since the introduction of the current rules in 2014♊.

With new en♑gine rules being introduced in 2026, they have a choice to make.

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

However, McLaren’s return to Merced♈es under Zak Brown hasn’t held them back, with the Woking outfit consistently the second-best tea📖m in F1.

Speaking about the Alpine rum𝓡ours in a sit down interview with Sky F1, Wolff said: “Alpine, at the moment, is exploring all sorts of aven♔ues. Their management is clearly not happy with their performances.

“But you know how it is in Formula 1 - i﷽t swings. Three races a♉go, Alpine had all the 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 havꦕe been vocal about their chances of performing well in 2026 as they look t🥂o 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 in thܫe future, given the importance of a strong engine in the new rules.

However, when assessing the regulations as a whole, 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 spo🐈rt. That is most important. Thไey are stakeholders, and also the fans out there.”