Formula E chairman Alejandro Agag says he doesn't understand Mercedes' decision to exit Formula E, speculating that the German manufacturer is perhaps looking to make a last stand in Formula 1 and combustion-engine racing in the coming years. Mercedes' works EQ Formula E team will pull out of the all-electric series at the end of 2022, just ahead of the introduction of FE's Gen3 car for Season 9. Mercedes will be seeking to off-load its FE assets to a private entrant at the end of next year and focus its works motorsport activities on F1, stating that the latter remained "the fastest laboratory for developing and proving sustainable and scalable future performance technologies."...
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