The Mercedes-Benz factory team has unveiled its latest creation, destined to battle in the 2013 Formula 1 series. Mercedes is claiming this car, like the other vehicles we’ve seen so far, is an evolution of last year’s competitor.
Mercedes AMG Petronas has posted a video showing off the sound of the new engine for its 2104 Formula 1 race car. Here, we go for a virtual lap around Monza with the new 1.6-liter turbocharged V-6 motor on full song.
Mercedes-Benz has revealed its newest research vehicle, this one with emissions-free driving as the main subject of study and innovation. Called F125! (M-B includes the exclamation point), it is an F-Cell (hydrogen) plug-in hybrid with a range of 621 miles.
Apple’s new blockbuster will begin shooting at the British GP this summer, seeing Brad Pitt’s F1 film realize true on-track action.
Carlos Sainz’s Toro Rosso STR12 from 2017 managed a lap time of 1:38.53, just five seconds faster than the Mercedes-AMG ONE hypercar.
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After years of delays, Mercedes-Benz has finally delivered its long awaited Mercedes-AMG ONE.
F1 launch season is one of the busiest phases of the year as teams pull the covers off their new challengers and set out key targets for the campaign ahead.
Meet the new Mercedes-AMG S63, a hybrid land-yacht making 791hp thanks to F1 technology. That’s right, seven hundred ninety-one horse power, making it the most powerful S-Class ever made.
After what seems an eternity, over 5 years to be exact, Mercedes-AMG factory driver Maro Engel powered the F1 powered AMG ONE around the Nürburgring in an astonishing 6:35.183 – a full 8 seconds faster than the Porsche 911 RS Manthey.
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Recently, writer Darshan Chokhani posted an article on Drivetribe about MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi having his seat fitted at Mercedes F1 -a seat formerly occupied by 2019 F1 champion Lewis Hamilton.
Mercedes-Benz won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft’s (DTM) manufacturers’ championship several times during the first half of the 1990s. However, the Stuttgart-based automaker faced the unenviable prospect of racing against itself after Alfa Romeo and Opel, Mercedes’ main rivals, pulled out of the series in the wake of questionable choices made by the FIA. DTM was canceled altogether after the 1996 season, leaving Mercedes without a major presence in motorsport.
Many small companies promise to build ultra-quick supercars designed for the world’s richest customers, but very few of them manage to break into the mainstream and fight head-to-head against the likes of Ferrari and Porsche. McLaren took the automotive industry by surprise when it did just that, seemingly coming out of the Formula 1 pits with what has gone down in history as one of the world’s best sports cars.
After announcing it would be arriving, Mercedes-Benz is debuting the SLS AMG GT Final Edition at the LA and Tokyo auto shows. Limited to just 350 units, this will be the last chance to buy an SLS AMG GT. It will be offered in both gullwing and roadster form.
Today the Williams F1 team announced via press release that Valtteri Bottas will be joined by Felipe Massa for the 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship season, replacing last year’s Spanish Grand Prix winner Pastor Maldonado.
We mentioned a few weeks back that Mercedes was loaning seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher an F1 car to lap the notorious Nürburgring Nordschleife. Now we have video of that incredible event, with Schumi heading out on track behind an A45 AMG, a CLA45 AMG, an SLS AMG Black Series, and an SLS AMG GT3 racer.
It seems history has a way of repeating itself. After nearly 20 seasons with Mercedes-Benz power, McLaren could be switching to Honda engines when the new, turbocharged engine regulations take force in 2015. That is, if reports from a slew of F1-oriented sites are to be believed.
According to a report from the BBC, Robert Kubica, the Renault F1 driver that suffered a horrific accident while competing in a rally race in 2011, may be getting back into the world’s most advanced motorsport.
Retired for the second time, you’d be forgiven for thinking seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher would be taking it easy. Maybe he’d take one of his Harleys out for a ride here and there, or have a nice game of golf, tennis, or soccer. Nope, not even close.
The parade of Formula 1 debuts continues. Fresh off the unveilings of the McLaren and Lotus entries, Scuderia Ferrari took the wraps off of the 2013 F138. The name denotes the year, along with the last season for the team’s V-8 powerplant.