Formula One team, Force India, will use Mercedes engines next season in a long-term deal with the German carmaker and McLaren, Eurosport reports.
In a statement to the press, Force India, who last week terminated their engine contract with Fiat-owned Ferrari, said that McLaren Applied Technologies would supply them with gearbox and hydraulic systems. The team also plan to use a KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) developed by Mercedes and McLaren and will have access to McLaren's network of suppliers as well as operational support.
Force India co-owner and principal, Vijay Mallya, said: "McLaren and Mercedes-Benz are two of the most famous names in motorsport history. These new resources and developments will provide an enormous boost to our technical armoury and, as a result, we have high hopes of making good progress in 2009 and beyond."
The partnership marks a significant development for McLaren's engine partners and part-owners, who have since 1995, supplied only the Woking team that took Lewis Hamilton to this year's drivers' title.
