“The multi-year agreement will see Mercedes-Benz supply BWT Alpine Formula One Team with Power Units for the duration of the new regulation era, from 2026 until at least 2030. Alongside the Power Unit, BWT Alpine Formula One Team will also be supplied with Mercedes gearboxes from the 2026 season.”

Last month, Alpine confirmed they would abandon their works engine programme, scrapping the 2026 engine, which would mean the team would become a customer outfit. Alpine will use

The Alpine Formula 1 team has officially announced it will switch to Mercedes power units from the 2026 season onwards. Alpine's parent company Renault formally decided at the end of September to go through with plans to abandon its works engine programme in France's Viry-Chatillon,

With Renault ending its F1 power unit program, Alpine will have to turn to an outside supplier for the first time.

After decades of on-again, off-again running as a works operation, the Renault F1 program is officially a customer.

Renault's Alpine Formula One team will use Mercedes engines and gearboxes from the sport's new era starting in 2026, they announced on Tuesday.

Alpine will run Mercedes engines from the 2026 season, the Formula 1 team confirmed on Tuesday. The new deal has been widely expected since Alpine, Renault's F1 team, announced the end of its own engine programme in France.