Wolff 'onboard' with FIA decision to drop standard F1 gearbox

Photo/InsideRacing The FIA has canceled the tender associated with the introduction of standard gearbox cassettes for F1 from 2021 following a decision from the World Motor Sport Council. In a bid to reduce costs in the future, the sport's governing body had invited earlier this year potential gearbox suppliers to tender for standard design set to be introduced in 2021. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff supports the FIA’s decision. "I think in non-performance parts, where we can really save a lot of money, we should aim for that,” Wolff said. "If there is no saving, just complexity, and risk of reliability and failure, then we shouldn’t be following those rules. So from that principle, I am onboard. You have to question whether somebody else is in-between an independent supplier, that company would need to make a margin, produce a product cheaper than us with the same specifications and that sounds a little bit of tricky. From a Mercedes standpoint, we are open-minded to reduce costs and if there is a possibility for certain non-performance parts, we are for it."

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