Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has denied rumours that its power unit could be supplied to customer teams in the near future. Red Bull Racing developed its own power... read more »

Red Bull plays down immediate customer engine expansion while keeping long-term options open. read more »

Ferrari Team Principal Frederic Vasseur wonders whether spec-power units for customer teams in F1 would be "mega realistic". The post Ferrari boss issues take on... read more »

Being a customer team in F1 can be great. You get an engine made by experts at the top of the field, and you don't have to foot the bill for the development process. read more »

Former Haas boss Guenther Steiner believes McLaren should build its own power unit rather than remain a customer team read more »

The FIA guarantees customer Formula 1 teams access to the same power unit specification as the works' outfit, but the complexity of the 2026 systems has placed experience... read more »

The FIA, F1's governing body, is considering offering a third-party supply of engines to customer teams from 2031 as the series looks set to move to cheaper V8 power... read more »

McLaren is the only Mercedes customer team yet to receive its latest F1 power unit. read more »

After the party, the hangover. McLaren were brilliant for 2025 (and much of 2024) on their way to a double world title, but the bill has very much come due in 2026. read more »

Reliability issues leave McLaren boss, Andrea Stella questioning his team's role as a customer of Mercedes. read more »

McLaren has felt some disadvantages of being a Mercedes F1 engine customer for the first time. read more »

After McLaren secured a double podium in Miami and appeared to have turned a corner following its first major upgrade of the year, the race weekends in Montreal and Monaco have... read more »

F1 power unit rule changes could come into force in Miami, though this will cause a greater headache for customer teams read more »

Audi is batting against the odds to match Mercedes and Ferrari, with their customer team backing. read more »

With reports that Toto Wolff is spearheading a bid for a 24 per cent stake in Alpine, Motorsport Week asks what that could do to relationships with Alpine's other F1 PU... read more »

In the aftermath of George Russell securing pole position for the sprint race in China by 0.289s from Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli, and a substantial 0.621s from... read more »

Lando Norris suggests the onus is on McLaren to get more out of Mercedes' power unit read more »

Ferrari has been praised for being transparent about its F1 2026 engine information. read more »

It is difficult to delve too deeply into the biggest losers after the first Formula 1 race of the season in Melbourne (Aston Martin and its Honda power unit woes aside), but if... read more »

Several Mercedes customers were surprised by how much performance the works team had in the Australian GP read more »

Mercedes customer teams are unhappy at seemingly being left short of a few pages of the AMG F1 W17 EQ Performance instruction manual. read more »

McLaren F1 chief Andrea Stella has delivered an exasperated breakdown of what it's like to be a Mercedes customer team in 2026. read more »

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has revealed his discontent at a lack of engine "information" being provided by Mercedes after a huge gap between supplier and... read more »

After the season opener in Melbourne, besides the complaints about the regulations, the discussions mainly centred around one other aspect: Mercedes finally showing its real... read more »

Mercedes' customer teams are expected to start the new Formula 1 season with an upgraded power unit specification at the Australian Grand Prix after running alternative... read more »