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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has put its three customer F1 teams on notice by announcing his intention to cut the number down to at least one in the future.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff intends to reduce the number of customer Formula 1 teams they supply in the future, potentially down by at least one.
Currently, Mercedes supplies power units to McLaren, Aston Martin, Williams, and themselves, but Aston Martin will switch to Honda power next year.
Alpine will replace Aston as a customer team next year, bringing the total back to three customer teams for Mercedes.
Wolff has discussed with Chairman Ola Kallenius the plan to reduce the number of customer teams to between two and three in the next cycle of contracts.
While Honda will solely power Aston Martin, Mercedes will need to produce 16 power units across its teams under the current setup.
