With teams needing to commit to a new Concorde Agreement heading into 2021, all the current outfits went through an evaluation process this year about whether or not remaining in F1 made sense.

And while there has been increased pressure on car manufacturers in the wake of the financial downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, Mercedes was clear that staying was the only thing to do.

Kallenius said that although the costs of competing did need to come down, he thinks it would not have made sense to ignore the change of trends in the sport and a boom in a younger audience.

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