The Williams Formula 1 team, based in UK, confirmed on Tuesday that it has agreed to supply Hispania Racing F1 Team with its proprietary gearbox technology.
The arrangement will commence to support Hispania Racing’s 2011 programme and will extend for the lifecycle of the current Cosworth engine technology.
Williams F1’s CEO, Alex Burns said: “This is a logical partnership given Williams and Hispania’s mutual relationship with Cosworth. Our gearbox technology has consistently proven itself as both competitive and reliable, and hence this agreement will be a positive development for both organisations.”
Every team that employed the Cosworth/Xtrac engine/transmission units this season has suffered from significant reliability problems, of which several are directly linked to the high-pressure hydraulic circuits.
Lotus Racing (that used the same Cosworth/Xtrac units as Hispania in 2011) has recently announced that they would use Red Bull technology transmissions starting next season.
The arrangement will commence to support Hispania Racing’s 2011 programme and will extend for the lifecycle of the current Cosworth engine technology.
Williams F1’s CEO, Alex Burns said: “This is a logical partnership given Williams and Hispania’s mutual relationship with Cosworth. Our gearbox technology has consistently proven itself as both competitive and reliable, and hence this agreement will be a positive development for both organisations.”
Every team that employed the Cosworth/Xtrac engine/transmission units this season has suffered from significant reliability problems, of which several are directly linked to the high-pressure hydraulic circuits.
Lotus Racing (that used the same Cosworth/Xtrac units as Hispania in 2011) has recently announced that they would use Red Bull technology transmissions starting next season.