Current Mercedes

Mercedes GP

FIA Entry: Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team
Car 7: Michael Schumacher
Car 8: Nico Rosberg
Engine: Mercedes V8
Team Principal: Ross Brawn
Technical Director: Bob Bell
Race Engineer Car 7: Mark Slade
Race Engineer Car 8: Tony Ross

Stats as of end 2010

First Entered 2010
Races Entered 19
Race Wins 0
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0
Driver World Championships 0
Constructor World Championships 0

Team History

The Mercedes team history splits into two parts. In 1954 the famous pre-war Silver Arrows entered the F1 world championship and recorded a 1-2 at their first race. Fangio went on to win the drivers championship that year and again in 1955. Mercedes withdrew at the end of the 1955 season after the accident which killed 80 spectators at Le Mans which involved one of their cars.

The current team entered F1 in 2010 after Mercedes bought Brawn Grand Prix. Brawn Grand Prix, winners of the Drivers Championship, with Jenson Button, and the constructor’s championship in 2009, grew out of the ashes of Honda’s F1 entry after Honda had withdrawn from F1 at the end of the 2008 season after only a single Grand Prix win for Button in Hungary 2006.

Prior to the Honda takeover in 2006 the team had raced under the name of British America racing which had acquired the assets and race entry of the Tyrrell F1 team in 1999. BAR competed in 118 races without a single victory. The high points for the team were 2 pole positions (both for Button – San Marino 2004 and Canada 2005) and 2nd in the constructors championship in 2004.

Tyrrell were amongst the most successful private F1 teams taking part in 463 Grands Prix, scoring 33 victories and 3 Drivers Championships, all with Jackie Stewart.

2010

Having replaced Button and Barrichello with Nico Rosberg and 7 times WDC Michael Schumacher many expected great things of the new Mercedes team in 2010 but they had an indifferent season.

Rosberg managed 3 podiums for the team but Schumacher, coming back from retirement, struggled with the new cars, tyres and limited testing under the revised regulations. The team finished 4th in the Constructors Championship.

2011

For 2011 Mercedes retain the same driver line up and are hoping for better things from their MGP W02 chassis.

 

[racecub]

Yes, lets hope. It will be far more exciting if they're near the front.

 

[Bill Boddy]

The car was fuelled according to what is necessary for their exhaust system. It is known that this uses more fuel resulting in higher race lap times, resulting in good qualifying times but poor race speeds. Unfortunately for Mercedes points are only won on Sundays.

 

[The Artist.....]

Bill Boddy - I suppose the argument is that now that they know that the Coanda exhaust gives a speed advantage, they can try to make it more efficient, so it doesn't require as much of a fuel premium... However, they are also chasing a moving target - so it will be difficult to catch up through Coanda alone! (Personally, I'd have banned Coanda exhausts as well as DDRS)... The teams seem completely set on blowing the diffuser with exhaust gases... If that's the case, then maybe it's time that the exhausts were forced to exit underneath the car and behind the rear wing, with a set profile for the exhaust outlet, and say 5 cm of exposed exhaust pipe at the end.

 

[Senna's_right_foot]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104478

Mercedes are dropping the coanda exhausts and will again be using Brazil as a test session.

 

[The Artist.....]

Senna's_right_foot - It's beginning to look like desperation to me - They don't seem to know what's good and what's bad about the car - and certainly they don't seem to have any grasp of why they are burning their tyres to pieces!

 

[Il_leone]

The Artist.....

Too many cooks I;m afraid and the problem is there is confusion on who is making the decisions

 

[racecub]

I've read somewhere that Nico will be number 9 at Mercedes next year and Lewis number 10. Seems fair to me since Nico was the one in the team when it finished the championship this year. Anyone else seen that? Is it now official?

 

[Brogan]

http://cliptheapex.com/threads/2013-line-up.5731/page-3#post-171980

 

[F1ang-o]

I've seen that somewhere too...& it seems fair to me..also.
nein for Nico..cos he's German

 

[RasputinLives]

I wonder if the same would have been said if it was Jenson Button

*runs away*

 

[F1ang-o]

Who cares.....you wummer

 

[racecub]

I wonder if the same would have been said if it was Jenson Button

*runs away*

Jenson Button is 5 and Sergio 6 aren't they? Also fair for the same reason.

 

[Josh]

Anyone seen this yet? Figured it might interest a few people (racecub and F1ang-o come to mind)

 

[racecub]

Thanks Josh! My names on the list.

 

[F1ang-o]

Thanks Josh ......

 

[Greenlantern101]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104815

Norbert Haug is Leaving Mercedes at the end of this year i.e. in 18 days.
Thats rather out of the blue.

Fresh driver LH and now fresh leadership. looks like they are serious about winning.

 

[Brogan]

I wonder who will take over and whether they will have the same all-encompassing role covering F1, DTM, etc.

 

[Greenlantern101]

I would be surprised if it was Ross Brawn. I think he is happy in his current role.
Most likely someone already high up in Mercedes Motorsport.

Edit : OMG not Lauda. PLEASE not Lauda.

 

[Greenlantern101]

 

[RasputinLives]

I heard Haug left after scanning some internet forums and seeing the type of abuse Whitmarsh got when he couldn't give Lewis a winning car, looking at the plans for next years car and deciding to get the hell out of dodge!

Seriously though thats a bit shocker and I actually think he'll be missed.

I think the silver arrows will be saying hello to Niki Lauda in the new year. Although for comical reason I hope its the surprise signing of Martin Whitmarsh.