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Toto Wolff gives his comments on Aston Martin choosing to end their engine deal and technical partnership with Mercedes, to partner up with Honda from 2026.
Aston Martin and Honda have announced they will enter a new partnership from 2026. This means the British team will no longer be buying engines and other parts from Mercedes, and will in fact become a works team.
Mercedes and the Silverstone based team have had a partnership for years, even before the team became known as Aston Martin, but despite this, Toto Wolff completely understands their decision.
“I don’t think them switching from a Mercedes client situation to a Honda has anything to do with the power unit,” the Austrian told The Mirror.
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“I think we are competitive in terms of power unit, but they always wanted to emancipate themselves and become a true works team, and that’s what they’re doing.
“They have their own exclusive power unit supply deal, they have their own fuel supplier, they are building a big factory that’s going online in the next few months.
“Lawrence [Stroll, Aston Martin team owner]’s aim is never small. I think when you want to be competitive and win championships, that is the kind of step that you need to make,” Wolff concluded.
