The engine-making division of famed engineering company Cosworth will be leaving Formula One at the end of this season, it has been announced.
Marussia, the only team on this season’s grid to be powered by an engine built by the Northampton firm, revealed this morning that it had signed a deal to run Ferrari engines from 2014.
The team paid tribute to Cosworth in the announcement, calling it an “integral part” of the outfit since it launched in 2010.
Cosworth will remain in the sport with their electronics division, which supplies seven teams in the paddock.
The company returned to Formula One in 2010 after a three-season gap, providing power units for Williams, Lotus, Hispania and Marussia.
Engine development in Formula One was frozen that season, meaning the unit developed by Cosworth has remained the same every year since.
But the sport moves into a new V6 turbo engine era next season, and development will once again be allowed. Cosworth are not building an engine under the new regulations.
Of the other teams who joined Cosworth in 2010, Lotus moved to Renault power in 2011, and Williams did the same in 2012. Hispania folded at the end of last season, leaving Marussia as the lone flag-bearer.
Andy Webb, chief executive of Marussia, said: “We look forward to working with Scuderia Ferrari during this exciting new era of Formula One competition.
“We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Cosworth, with whom we have partnered since our debut season in 2010.
“We have shared an important part of our team’s journey together and Cosworth have been an integral part of our clear progression. We will continue to work together during the latter half of the season to ensure we all achieve our combined objectives before Cosworth leave the sport.”