A closer colౠlaboration between Racing Point and Mercedes would depend on the outcome of the next major Formula 1 regulation overhaul scheduled for 2021, according to Toto Wolff.

Mercedes currently supplies the former Force India squad with power units, gearbox and hydraulics, while Racing Point will begin using the German manufacturer’s wind tunnel🤡 later this year to aid its car development.

Having previously used the Toyota Motorsport wind tunnel in Cologne since 2015, a switch to use Mercedes’ has proven attractive due to its closer proximity to Racing Po🌳int’s Silverstone base.

The move has led to suggestions that the two o🅺utfits are planning on forming a ‘B-team model’ similar to the a❀rrangement that currently exits between Haas and Ferrari.

“We are not doing a Haas-Ferrari model because Haas wﷺas a﷽ new entry, a team created from scratch,” Wolff said. “These guys exist for a long time. I don’t see what’s so bad in a Haas-Ferrari model actually.

“We have enabled somebody that was keen to enter Formula 1 in setting up a team, with the cooperation with Ferrari it got out oꦦf the blocks really well, and fights solidly in the midfield. I think that’s good for Formula 1.

“Our model i🍌s very different. For the reasons stated before, Andy [Green] and his team know pretty well what they want to achieve with the car, they have a ❀solid technical group of people and will go in that direction.

“They will be using some of our infrastructure and we will see where that moves for the 2021 regulations. Once these are carved out, we will decide which of the areas we 💯want to collaborate and where it is possible, regulatory-wise.”

Racing Point technical director Andrew Gre✅en said the team is open to extending its ties with Mercedes in the future in its continued drive to be more efficient.

“Later this year we’ll be moving into the Mercedes tunnel in Brackley for purely efficiency reasons,🐲” Green explained.

“Our aero department happens to be located in Brackley; Mercedes wind tunnel happens to be located in Brackley. It’s a lot easier to go testing in Brackley than it is in Cologne. So, when it was offered as an opportun𝔉ity f🌸or us to go testing there, it was an obvious choice.

Asked if he believes a power unit and wind tunnel supply should be as far as an F1 team affiliation is allowed to go, Gr🀅een replied: “I hope not, because we take their gearbox and hydraulics as well. I’d like that to stay.

“I think that’s everything that is being discussed for 2021, I think that’s all on the a𝔉genda that Toto was referencing earlier and it is what I was ref⛄erencing earlier as well. It’s where we go forward as a team, thinking ahead for 2021.

“We want to build our team to be the most efficient team based aroun🔯d those regulations and when those regulations are finalised we will have a cle𒈔ar idea of what we need to do.”