Williams F1 today confirmed that its engine partnership withToyota will cease at the end of 2009.

Frank Williams, Team Principal, said “At a time of great difficulty for us as a team, Toyotastepped forward and agreed to supply us with engines for 2007 through to the end of 2009.Toyota has been a very decent partner who have always respected our independence andprovided us with a first-rate technical product. We are proud that we have been able to workwith such a great company and we are grateful to the team in Cologne for their support. Iwould like to single out for our thanks the Toyota engineers and technicians who haveworked within our race team tirelessly for the past three years.”

Williams will confirm its engine partner for 2010 in due course.