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.

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

After decades of on-again, off-again running as a works operation, the Renault F1 program is officially a customer.

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.

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

The agreement to use Mercedes power units represents is a sea change for Alpine as it transforms from an engine supplier to a customer. The post Alpine F1 team will use Mercedes power units and gearboxes starting in 2026 appeared first on The Manual.

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,