Mercedes set to assist Volkswagen for Engine Compromise to enter Formula One

Honda Pulling out at the end of this season of Formula One, F1 is in search to boost the number the engine manufacturers.

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Mercedes are ready to compromise to make it easy for the Volkswagon group to enter the Formula One Sport with Formula One`s future engine rules. Mercedes motorsport head and F1 team Boss Toto Wolff said at Italian Grand Prix.

Sport is due to unveil a new engine formula starting in 2025, and manufacturers are debating how to make powertrains simpler, cheaper, and greener.

The Volkswagen Group, whose brands include Porsche and Audi, participated as a stakeholder in engine manufacturers' meetings, the most recent of which took place over the weekend in Monza.

Wolff said Mercedes is ready to ditch the Motor Generator UnitHeat (MGUH) element, with the new rules potentially being postponed until 2026.

Today's V6 turbo hybrid units have two motor-generator units; the other is the MGUK, which recovers and supplies kinetic energy when braking. 

The MGUH extracts and stores energy to or from the turbocharger. Find alignment of many other points, ”said Wolff. I think it's a compromise. I can't speak for anyone, but we at Mercedes are ready ... to make the Volkswagen Group's entry easier. 

"But there are a few other issues that need to be compromised," he added.

Formula 1 aims to increase the number of engine manufacturers, with Honda retiring at the end of this season and Red Bull taking over the Japanese manufacturer's intellectual property. 

Red Bull strives to simplify the engines and eliminate the MGUH element. Four of the current ten teams and Ferrari three, with Renault supplying its own Alpine brand team with engines. Honda works with Red Bull and its sister team AlphaTauri. 

Red Bull has worked with the Volkswagen Group in the past, especially in the previous World Rally Championship. The German carmaker has retired, and there has long been talk of a partnership with Audi or Porsche in Formula 1.

Former Volkswagen Motorsport Director Jost Capito is now head of the Mercedes-powered Williams team that was known last week admitted that Red Bullbacked Alex Albon would compete for them next season.

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali was previously director of the Italian sports car brand Lamborghini, a subsidiary of Audi, while Renault boss Luca di Meo moved to the French brand manufacturer VW Seat after a time at Audi.