{"id":16526,"date":"2012-08-14T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T02:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=16526"},"modified":"2012-08-14T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T02:05:21","slug":"mercedes-eyes-partial-f1-withdrawal-for-2014-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/mercedes-eyes-partial-f1-withdrawal-for-2014-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes eyes partial F1 withdrawal for 2014 – report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes is considering a partial withdrawal from formula one at the end of 2013, the French weekly Auto Hebdo is reporting.<\/p>\n

\"R12Bhn-F1-01\"The Stuttgart car maker, still yet to agree a new Concorde Agreement deal with Bernie Ecclestone, reportedly could then field only a ‘semi-official’ team from 2014.<\/p>\n

Mercedes would however continue to supply customer engines, as it does currently to McLaren and Force India, whilst its ‘semi-official’ works team might be known as ‘AMG F1′, Auto Hebdo said.<\/p>\n

AMG is Mercedes’ high-performance arm.<\/p>\n

The magazine speculated that Brackley based AMG F1, currently known as Mercedes AMG, would continue to be run by team boss Ross Brawn, with Michael Schumacher in the cockpit.<\/p>\n

But Mercedes would focus more strongly on engineering than team ownership and management, Auto Hebdo said.<\/p>\n

It is likely F1’s only engine suppliers in 2014 will be Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari, meaning they all could take on more customers for the new V6 rules.<\/p>\n

Reasons cited for Mercedes’ rumoured change of direction are the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption scandal involving F1’s chief executive Ecclestone, and the latter’s push for Mercedes to make a long-term pledge to the sport.<\/p>\n

Another reason mentioned is Mercedes’ lack of success with its full works team since 2010, despite Nico Rosberg’s breakthrough win from pole in Shanghai this year.<\/p>\n

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