Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team

Mercedes won the Constructors’ championship eight times between 2014 and 2021, but have dropped away since the new rules and regulations were introduced. They will be pushing to close their gap to Red Bull Racing. The team’s full name is Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, which is led by Toto Wolff as team principal. Together with key personnel, including James Allison and Mike Elliott, Mercedes are one of the most successful teams in the sport’s history.

I did it a couple of races ago and he doesn’t seem to like it so I’ll try it a bit more.

~Lewis Hamilton

The history of the Mercedes F1 team

Mercedes first competed as a constructor in 1954 and 1955, officially under the name Daimler-Benz AG. This was Mercedes’ first dominant era in Formula 1, as Juan Manual Fangio was signed during the middle of the 1954 season, and won world championships. Mercedes pulled out of all racing series after the notorious horrific incident at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Mercedes returned to F1 as an engine supplier from 1994 onwards, winning Constructors’ championships with McLaren (1998) and Brawn GP (2009). In 2010, they officially returned as a constructor, rebranding Brawn GP, with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg behind the wheel. Rosberg earned the new team’s first podium at the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix. After Schumacher retired for a second time, another well-established name, Lewis Hamilton, was signed for the 2013 season.

Thanks to a regulation change in 2014, Mercedes became the dominant team in the sport, with Nico Rosberg winning one and Lewis Hamilton winning six world titles over the next seven years. Valtteri Bottas also won ten Grands Prix with Mercedes in this period. Furthermore, the team won eight consecutive Constructors’ championships from 2014 until 2021. From the 2022 season onwards, the German team are now the chasers and hope to regain their earlier success.