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.

The deal with Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains and Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix is a power unit and gearbox agreement.

The struggling Alpine Formula 1 team will use engines and gearboxes from Mercedes starting in 2026 after parent company Renault cuts its in-house F1 engine program

Renault's Alpine Formula One team has secured a partnership with Mercedes to use their engines and gearboxes starting in the 2026 season. This agreement will last until at least 2030, aligning with new regulatory changes.

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 said in a statement the power unit agreement would run until at least 2030.

Alpine and parent company Renault have historically been engine suppliers, providing engines to their F1 team and other teams. With the new agreement, Alpine will be power unit customers, no longer potential suppliers to other teams. What the power unit ...

Alpine effectively takes the Mercedes customer deal from Aston Martin, which from 2026 is becoming Honda’s works partner in Formula 1. Mercedes also supplies McLaren and Williams—and will do so through at least 2030—as well as its own works team.

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

Alpine announced earlier during this Formula 1 season that they would shutter their power unit program in 2026 when the new technical regulations are enacted. This announcement put the team on the cusp of becoming a customer operation,