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Mercedes F1

Germany Mercedes
Mercedes AMG F1 logo.png
Full name Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport
Base Brackley, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Team principal(s) Niki Lauda
(Non-Executive chairman)
Toto Wolff
(Head of Motorsport)
Andy Cowell
(MD, Powertrains)
Technical Director James Allison
Website www.mercedesamgf1.com
Previous name Brawn GP
2017 Formula One season
Race drivers 44. United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
77. Finland Valtteri Bottas
Test drivers United Kingdom George Russell
Chassis F1 W08 EQ Power+
Engine Mercedes M08 EQ Power+
Tyres Pirelli
Formula One World Championship career
First entry 1954 French Grand Prix
Latest entry 2017 Spanish Grand Prix
Races entered 153
Constructors'
Championships
3 (2014, 2015, 2016)
Drivers'
Championships
5 (1954, 1955, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Race victories 67
Pole positions 77
Fastest laps 50
2016 position 1st (765 pts)

Coordinates: 52°01′19″N 1°08′42″W / 52.021964°N 1.144899°W / 52.021964; -1.144899

Mercedes-Benz is currently involved in Formula One, running Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, a Formula One racing team, based in Brackley, United Kingdom, using a German licence. Mercedes-Benz had competed in the pre-war European Championship winning three titles, and debuted in Formula One in 1954, running a team for two years.

After winning their first race at the 1954 French Grand Prix, driver Juan Manuel Fangio won another three Grands Prix to win the 1954 Drivers' Championship, and repeated this success in 1955. Despite winning two Drivers' Championships, Mercedes-Benz withdrew from motor racing in response to the 1955 Le Mans disaster, and did not return to Formula One until rejoining as an engine supplier in association with Ilmor in 1994.

Mercedes-Benz returned as an engine supplier in 1994 in a partnership with Ilmor, a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company with manufacturing based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, now called Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains. It supplied Sauber for one season, then switched to McLaren in 1995. In 2009 they also became suppliers of Brawn GP and Force India. Mercedes-Benz returned with a factory team in 2010 after the purchase of Brawn. A fourth team was added to the supplying program in 2014, Williams. For the 2015 season, the 20-year long partnership with McLaren ended. Instead, Mercedes supplied engines to the Lotus F1 team, before switching to Manor in 2016.


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