Source: IRS News
Date: January 31
Subject: Mecachrome partners Williams


The Williams team will continue to benefit from Renault technology for at least two years after the French car manufacturer's Formula One departure at the end of the 1997 season. Renault Sport head Patrick Faure said on Thursday that Williams have signed a contract with French company Mecachrome, a Renault partner for 22 years, to supply the team with engines in 1998 and 1999. Mecachrome, specialists in assembling and tuning Formula One power units, will use Renault know-how to develop the engines and market them under their own name. Faure said his company's objective in their last season was a sixth world title in a car using Renault power.