Mercedes has agreed to supply Lotus with Formula 1 engines from 2015 in a move that should help the team's current supplier Renault focus on Red Bull, AUTOSPORT has learned.
Lotus has been in talks with Mercedes for several weeks following a frustrating start to the 2014 campaign.
And although the final details of the contract, and especially the early parting of ways for Lotus and Renault from what was originally a long-term deal, are still being finalised, the switch is understood to be a formality.
While the move is set to leave Renault with only three teams in F1 next year, the French car manufacturer believes such a situation would not be a negative
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