Formulation E champions Mercedes will withdraw from the all-electric sequence in 2022 to focus on Formulation One.

The corporate mentioned it would finish its involvement as a staff entrant and producer on the finish of Season 8, in August 2022.

“Transferring ahead, the corporate will focus its works motorsport actions on Formulation 1, reinforcing the game’s standing because the quickest laboratory for growing and proving sustainable and scalable future efficiency applied sciences,” Mercedes mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.

The announcement comes three days after Dutch driver Nyck de Vries gained the Formulation E world championship title after ending eighth within the season’s last race in Berlin, with Mercedes additionally successful the groups’ title after Stoffel Vandoorne’s third place.

In December, German producers Audi and BMW mentioned they’d exit Formulation E on the finish of this yr.

Mercedes introduced a brand new strategic course for its model in July, with the intention of going all-electric by the top of the last decade.

“As a part of the brand new strategic course, the model has intentionally chosen to shift sources for this accelerated ramp-up of electrification, together with the event of three electric-only architectures to be launched in 2025,” the carmaker mentioned.

“Subsequently, Mercedes will reallocate useful resource away from its ABB FIA Formulation E World Championship program and in direction of making use of the teachings discovered in competitors to product improvement in sequence,” it added.