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A tough opening race of the season for the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and George Russell seventh in the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix Both cars ran a Soft/Hard/Hard strategy and battled throughout but disappointingly were unable to match the superior pace of the Red Bull, Ferrari and Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin Lewis made up two positions on the opening lap to run in fifth for most of the race. That became fourth when Charles Leclerc retired but he lost out to Alonso in the closing stages George dropped to sixth at the start with a slow first stop relegating him to eighth. He ran close to the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll throughout but was unable to pass for seventh. Imagery of the day is available on...

Work to do after the first Friday of the season in Bahrain Both drivers ran two sets of Medium tyres in FP1. In the hotter conditions, Lewis finished P10 and George P11, conducting set-up evaluations. Lewis ended FP2 P8 with George P13. The Team’s long-run performance later in the session was a little more encouraging, but still significantly behind pacesetters Red Bull. Tonight’s work will focus on set-up improvements to improve single-lap performance while maintaining the relatively stronger long-run pace. Imagery of the day is available on our media site. All imagery is rights-free for editorial use. Driver FP1 FP2 Lewis Hamilton 13 Laps 1:34.917 P10 Medium, Medium 27 Laps 1:31.543 P8 Soft, Soft George...

Looking ahead to the opening round of the 2023 Formula One season in Bahrain Toto Talks Bahrain Fact File: Bahrain Grand Prix Stat Attack: Bahrain and Beyond Toto Talks Bahrain We didn't have the smoothest winter test in Bahrain. We had some reliability problems and struggled with the car set-up on day two. But the key objective was to learn about the car, and we did lots of learning. We made good progress on the final day, which gave us directions to work on in the short period between the test and this weekend's race. It's always hard to have a clear picture of competitiveness at pre-season testing - and even more so with only three days of data available. Our expectations were that we would likely be playing catch-up to the...

“Close-up” – the name of the series by the Mercedes-Benz Museum says it all. Each instalment tells a surprising, exciting or behind-the-scenes story by shining a spotlight on details of a vehicle, an exhibit or an element of architecture and design. In the spotlight this time: the bronze sculpture “Juan Manuel Fangio” in front of the Museum. The bronze sculpture “Juan Manuel Fangio” at the Mercedes-Benz Museum A much-frequented and popular photo spot since 2006 Formula One World Champion in 1954 and 1955 with Silver Arrow Mercedes-Benz W 196 R No. 3/2023: Bronze sculpture “Juan Manuel Fangio” Life-size: When do you ever have the opportunity to come face to face with one of the most famous racing drivers of all time and even take a...

Mercedes-AMG remains in first place of the Intercontinental GT Challenge manufacturers‘ standings AMG Driver Jules Gounon and Kenny Habul defend points lead in IGTC drivers’ standings Mercedes-AMG GT3 #75 of SunEnergy1 by SPS wins Pro-Am class in Kyalami 9 Hour Third place in Pro-Am class for the #20 car of Customer Racing Team SPS automotive performance Dominant pole-position and bad luck in the race for #999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing After P1 and P3 in the Intercontinental GT Challenge season opener at Bathurst, Mercedes-AMG scores another Pro-Am class win in the Kyalami 9 Hour: Jules Gounon (AND), Kenny Habul (AUS) and Yannick Mettler (SUI) are victorious with the #75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of SunEnergy1 by SPS. With the #20 SPS...

The Team made positive progress with the W14 and logged significant mileage as pre-season testing came to a close in Bahrain. With George running in the morning and Lewis taking over in the afternoon, the drivers combined to complete 148 laps across the day. Date: Friday, 23 February 2023 Driver: George Russell (AM), Lewis Hamilton (PM) Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit Circuit Length: 5.412km Laps Completed: George 83, Lewis 65, Total 148 Distance Covered: George 449.196km, Lewis 351.780km, Total 800.976km Best Lap Time: George 1m31.442s (C5), Lewis 1m30.664s (C5) Following extensive work trackside and at the factory, initial running focused on evaluating the overnight changes. George then set about a programme focusing...

A disrupted second day of pre-season testing in Bahrain saw the Team’s afternoon programme curtailed owing to an hydraulic failure. Prior to that, the Team completed close to a century of laps, gathering valuable data and adding learnings to yesterday’s running. Date: Friday, 24 February 2023 Driver: Lewis Hamilton (AM), George Russell (PM) Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit Circuit Length: 5.412km Laps Completed: Lewis 72, George 26, Total 98 Distance Covered: Lewis 389.664km, George, 140.712km, Total 530.376km Best Lap Time: Lewis 1m33.954s (C3), George 1m33.654s (C3) Lewis logged 72 tours of the Bahrain International Circuit across the morning session. The hotter ambient and track temperatures made conditions tricky, with...

It was a productive first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain. The Team completed an extensive programme, focusing on learning, correlation, and data gathering with the W14. Date: Thursday, 23 February 2023 Driver: George Russell (AM), Lewis Hamilton (PM) Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit Circuit Length: 5.412km Laps Completed: George 69, Lewis 83, Total 152 Distance Covered: George 373.428km, Lewis 449.196km, Total 822.624km Best Lap Time: George 1m34.174s (C3), Lewis 1m33.508s (C3) George drove in the morning, initially running with aero rakes before switching to set-up work halfway through the session. He logged 69 laps of running and posted a best time of 1m34.174s on the C3 tyre. Lewis took over for the second half...

The Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E PERFORMANCE brings bold solutions to the learnings from last year’s W13 Toto Wolff: “I see so much effort, motivation and energy in the organisation to launch a car that will eventually be competitive enough to fight at the very front of the grid.” It’s back to black for the livery as an iconic look returns, in the name of greater performance Both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will shake the car down at Silverstone later today Computer-generated render images of an earlier iteration of the W14 are attached Additional media assets including technical specifications, Q&As with Toto Wolff, Hywel Thomas, and Mike Elliott, along with our 2023 press pack are available Further rights-free imagery and assets will...

Following the early GT successes of the year for the three-pointed star in late January and early February, the F1 Team now takes centre stage with a double premiere for its new racing car at Silverstone Prelude to the new season: Presentation of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E PERFORMANCE Track debut at Silverstone: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell complete first laps in the W14 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport enters four cars in the Kyalami 9 Hour News snippets: Results and Facts & Social Media News Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E PERFORMANCE for new F1 season unveiled Formula One is back! On Wednesday 15 February, 87 days after the season finale under the floodlights of the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team...

It was an eventful first week of February for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, with a victory in the 12-hour classic at Bathurst, three new records set on the Mount Panorama Circuit and minds concentrated on the launch of the new F1 car. Final preparations for the official launch of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E PERFORMANCE Mercedes-AMG Motorsport sets new records in the Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race Three questions for Christoph Sagemüller, Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport News snippets: Results, facts and social media news Build-up to the launch of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E PERFORMANCE Preparations for the new F1 season are in full swing at the two factories in Brackley and Brixworth. In just a week’s time, the new Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E...

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport got the new Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) season underway with a convincing win, a further podium result and two class podium finishes. In the first of the series’ five rounds, the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, Jules Gounon, Kenny Habul and Luca Stolz secured victory with the #75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by SunEnergy1 Racing. Less than 1.5 seconds down, the #999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing car claimed the final podium spot in third place. A pair of class podium results for the #99 Triple Eight Race Engineering car and the #101 Volante Rosso Motorsport entry rounded out the successful race weekend at the 6.213 kilometres long Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst. Thus, the performance and sports car brand...

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport got the new season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship off to a successful start. In the legendary Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway, Maro Engel (GER), Jules Gounon (AND), Daniel Juncadella (ESP) and Cooper MacNeil (USA) brought the #79 Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by WeatherTech Racing across the finish line as the second GT3 car and were able to celebrate a deserved podium success. In the process, the team also secured the class win in the hard-fought GTD-Pro classification. #79 WeatherTech Racing car secures GTD-Pro class win Class podium and three top ten results for the Mercedes-AMG GT4 In the official qualifying event, the Roar Before the Rolex 24, the four participating...

The Intercontinental GT Challenge gets its new season underway next weekend with a motorsport classic in Bathurst Opening weekend of the Intercontinental GT Challenge in Bathurst News snippets: Results and Facts & Social Media News Opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge in Bathurst, Australia Just two months after the 2022 finale in Abu Dhabi, the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) launches into an exciting new season with the Bathurst 12 Hour (3 - 5 February). The race at the Mount Panorama Circuit also marks the beginning of Mercedes-AMG’s title defence. Last year, the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach won three of the four races on the calendar to claim not only the manufacturers’ title but also...

Mercedes-Benz, the oldest automobile manufacturer in the world, has been involved in motorsport for almost 130 years. From Formula One to rallying, drivers are on the road under the sign of the star. 1963: Success at Rally Monte Carlo for Ewy Rosqvist and Ursula Wirth (60 years) 1938: Rudolf Caracciola's world speed record of 7 km/h (85 years) 1928: Hans Herrmann celebrates his 95th birthday in 2023 1998: Double victory in the Australian Grand Prix for McLaren-Mercedes (25 years) 1993: Sauber in Formula 1 with "Concept by Mercedes-Benz" engines (30 years) Mercedes-Benz, the oldest automobile manufacturer in the world, has been involved in motorsport for almost 130 years. From Formula One to rallying, drivers are on the road under...

While the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team prepares to unveil its new car, Mercedes-AMG Motorsport has already been busy contesting the first endurance classics of the new motorsport season. This is what happened: Results and facts 24H Series: Two class wins in the Dubai 24 Hours GT Winter Series: Two wins and a P3 for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 at Estoril News snippets It’s a date:Refocused. Re-energised. Ready. On Wednesday 15 February, the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team will be unveiling its new car for the 2023 Formula One season - the Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E PERFORMANCE - to the world’s media for the very first time at a digital launch event in Silverstone. The presentation of the W14 will be broadcast live on the team’s social media...

40 years ago, Mercedes-Benz triumphed in the world’s toughest rally: racing driver Jacky Ickx and his co-driver, actor Claude Brasseur, won the 1983 Paris–Dakar Rally with the Mercedes-Benz 280 GE. Great success for Jacky Ickx and Claude Brasseur on the adventure through the desert Engine and aerodynamics are optimised for the run over 12,000 kilometres and 20 days Mercedes-Benz also wins in the truck classification The project was managed by Mercedes-Benz France. From Germany, engineers of the company assisted with the engine and aerodynamics of the off-road vehicle. At that time, the Paris–Dakar Rally had great worldwide appeal. It was the fifth time it took place. Several hundred adventurers set off from the French metropolis to...

F1: Driver Announcement Mick Schumacher joins the Team as Reserve Driver for 2023 Mick Schumacher joins the Team as Reserve Driver for 2023 The 23-year-old will conduct a busy programme of simulator driving at Brackley Mick will also be trackside with the team at all Grands Prix during the 2023 season The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team is delighted to confirm that Mick Schumacher will join the Team in the role of Reserve Driver for 2023. Mick will play an important role in the ongoing development of the W14. He will conduct regular work in the simulator at Brackley throughout the year, as we fight back from a challenging 2022 season. This work will be harnessed trackside as Mick will also attend all Grands Prix in his new role...

In the 2022 season, Mercedes-AMG has continued its success story in customer racing with race and title wins in the world’s most significant GT series. The teams with GT3 and GT4 cars from Affalterbach raced on all six continents and racked up 63 teams’ and drivers’ titles as well as four manufacturers’ titles for AMG in the process. That is a new record in the twelve-year history of the Customer Racing programme. Highlights are three titles in the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC), the overall win in the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa, the ADAC GT Masters championship win and the title in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Powered by AWS manufacturers’ standings. Worldwide, the Customer Racing Teams competed in over 470 races and...

Mercedes-AMG Driver Daniel Juncadella (ESP) wins the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge. In the season finale, the Gulf 12 Hours at Yas Marina Circuit, the 31-year-old didn’t score any points, but was still able to maintain his leading position in the drivers’ standings. Dani Juncadella is the new Intercontinental GT Challenge champion Kenny Habul and Martin Konrad celebrate Pro-Am drivers’ title Two ei Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the top five in Gulf 12 Hours at Yas Marina Circuit Mercedes-AMG Driver Daniel Juncadella (ESP) wins the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge. In the season finale, the Gulf 12 Hours at Yas Marina Circuit, the 31-year-old didn’t score any points, but was still able to maintain his leading position in the drivers’...

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport continued to rack up overall and class victories as well as championships all around the world in December. This is what happened: Results and facts News from the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport teams Social media news: What's new online? This is what happened: Results and facts 24H Series: Victory for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 at the Dubai Autodrome GT World Challenge Australia: A couple of Top Three finishes for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in Adelaide as Mark Griffith becomes GT4 champion News snippets CP Racing are winners in the 24H Series in Kuwait:CP Racing have once again won the 24H Series championship, regaining the title they first won in 2018. Victory in the final 12-hour race in Kuwait delivered the drivers' title...