At a time Williams, along with Renault and McLaren, is threatening the proposed sale of the Force India team because it fears Mercedes could be involved in the process and the Silverstone-based outfit thereby become a B-team for the Silver Arrows, the Grove outfit is considering buying in its gearboxes from the German manufacturer along with its engines. 'Formula 1 is changing,' Williams technical boss Paddy Lowe told the official F1 website. 'Force India were one of the early ones to abandon the full constructor definition that teams had historically followed of essentially making everything except an engine. 'We've seen more and more teams adopting gearboxes from elsewhere,' he...
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