Championship leaders Mercedes has announced that they have extended their partnership with Malaysian oil giants Petronas. Mercedes and Petronas's partnership began at the start of 2010 and will now be extended after the duo completed a 'multi-year' deal. "Motorsport is in our DNA," said Mercedes chairman Dr Dieter Zetsche. "The first Mercedes was a race car and we use the race track as a research laboratory. In Formula One, we can push new technologies to the absolute limit, before they are introduced into our production […]

Ross Brawn will step down from his position as team principal at Mercedes at the end of 2013, it was announced on Thursday. Following an extended period of open discussion between the team's key stakeholders, Ross has chosen to hand over the team leadership to Executive Director (Business) Toto Wolff and Executive Director (Technical) Paddy Lowe. Ross Brawn, who will formally leave the team on 31st December 2013, said: "The most important consideration in my decision to step down from the role as Team Principal […]

The Williams F1 Team and Mercedes-Benz have announced the signature of a long-term engine partnership from the 2014 Formula One World Championship season onwards. Under the terms of the agreement, Williams will be supplied with a Mercedes-Benz Power Unit (Internal Combustion Engine plus Energy Recovery System) by Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) based in Brixworth, UK. Williams will continue to manufacture its own transmission. The 2014 regulations will set the sport’s engineers the challenge of completing a 300 km race distance on a fuel […]

Mercedes press release Following the signature of the commercial agreement with FOM this week by Mercedes-Benz, the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is pleased to announce that Lewis Hamilton has signed a three-year agreement to race for the team from the 2013 Formula One season. Lewis’ career has been supported by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren since its earliest days. In 2000, he and Nico Rosberg were team-mates at TeamMBM.com in Formula A karting. Lewis drove with Mercedes-Benz engines during his two seasons in the Formula […]

Nico Rosberg and Mika Hakkinen have a little chat...

Michael Schumacher was at the wheel of the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 W03 today for the second day of the test. - Michael completed 19 laps this morning, with a late start and red flags, including two caused by the team, interrupting running - The afternoon session proved more productive as Michael and the team worked through a series of set-up evaluations - Michael’s lap tally by the end of running, which was extended by 30 minutes due to the morning fog, was 79 laps, […]

Nico Rosberg concluded this week’s test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona for the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS team today. - Nico began the day with in and out laps for pit stop practice over a total of 17 laps - Milder temperatures allowed his race simulation to begin at 10:48, although this was interrupted halfway through by a red flag - The race simulation was conducted using hard compound Pirelli tyres; the team primarily ran soft tyres during the afternoon - Work this afternoon […]

The MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 W03 made its official debut today at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. After an early morning unveiling in the pit lane by Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, Michael then took the wheel for the day’s running. - A smooth morning session enabled the team to begin set-up comparisons with the new chassis - A hydraulic problem identified during the afternoon session brought an early end to the planned programme - Michael completed 51 laps today, taking the F1 W03’s […]

MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS began its 2012 testing programme in Jerez today, using the team's 2011 car, the MGP W02. - Nico tested during the morning while Michael was in the car for the afternoon. - Both drivers completed a set-up programme which focused on learning about the behaviour of the 2012 Pirelli tyres. - The reliable 2011 car also allowed the team to accumulate valuable mileage on a number of test items for the 2012 season. Michael will continue the test programme tomorrow, with Nico […]

Mercedes GP confirmed that the team and Nico Rosberg have agreed a multi-year contract extension to include the 2013 season and beyond. Since joining Mercedes GP for the 2010 season, Nico has achieved three podiums, scored 217 points and demonstrated that he belongs to the top group of drivers currently racing in Formula One. Nico Rosberg said: “I am very excited to have extended my contract with the Mercedes GP Petronas team. To win in a Silver Arrow will be one of the highlights of […]

The combination of DRS and Pirelli tyres has made 2011 a bumper year for Formula One, but not just in terms of on-track passing manoeuvres. The characteristics of the Pirelli tyres, designed to improve the racing, have also seen the total number of pit stops rise steeply - so far, there have been an average of 58 stops per race. Slick pit work has always been important in Formula One, but the frequency with which the pit crews have been in action this year has […]