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Jenson Button, and the constructor’s championship in 2009, grew out of the ashes of Honda’s F1 entry after Honda had withdrawn from F1 at the end of the 2008 season after only a single Grand Prix win for Button in Hungary 2006.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.

 

[teabagyokel]

Screw it, he'd won the title anyway.

 

[Josh]

Here's a great picture showcasing all of the trophies Mercedes has won this season. Hope they lock them up safely.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Where's the shit plastic one...

 

[cider_and_toast]

Where's the shit plastic one...

Hamilton's having a well deserved break, leave him alone ***

***EDIT

Disclamer: I do not believe Hamilton is shit, he is a fast, gutsy driver and a double world champion. The above post is my idea of humor which I appreciate may not be the same as yours. I do however believe that when Hamilton displays that fringe which looks as if it was cut with a spirit level as it is arrow straight across his forehead, he does look like a lego man hence "plastic". Thankyou Cider_and_Toast.

 

[FB]

 

[cider_and_toast]

 

[Bill Boddy]

Is that a snake at the top of his body?

 

[cider_and_toast]

I'm just glad the picture shows his helmet otherwise it would have been hard to tell if was Hamilton or Rosberg.

 

[Bill Boddy]

It says "L. HAMILTON" on his belt, that could be a clue.

 

[cider_and_toast]

oh yeah, only just noticed that , you've got better eyes than I have !!

 

[Bill Boddy]

No, I've got better glasses.

 

[Fenderman]

Lego, you're pulling my leg.

 

[Brogan]

Mercedes chiefs were so angry that the pair had collided on lap two of the race at Spa that they took unprecedented action against the pair.

AUTOSPORT's F1 season review issue (which can be read online here) reveals that both men were told on the Sunday night in Belgium that they were not allowed to speak to each other, or anyone at the team, until they were contacted.

In the meantime, Mercedes chiefs cleared up matters back at the factory, which included an intense two-hour meeting on the Monday after the race between Rosberg and Hamilton's team members.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117154

 

[Jen]

So the naughty step works then?

And what a poke in the eye for the guys at the sharp end!

 

[KekeTheKing]

The thing about Belgium is that they had just come off Hungary, which was an almighty cock-up in itself. The once inconceivable notion that someone other than a Merc driver was going to win the title had crept into play with Ricciardo taking his 2nd straight win while the spector of a 50 point haul in Abu Dhabi loomed large. The head honcho's in Germany who had invested untold millions into the Formula 1 project were not interested in watching this Championship be pissed away with petty driving, and you can hardly blame them.

7 wins from 7 races (five 1-2's) coming home was probably what they had in mind after the Spa fallout.

 

[Mephistopheles]

In response to a post on another thread by, Il_leone .

I have never seen any Mercedes ads that have ever used any of their drivers to promote their cars ever, regardless of how much they they are paid and I don't expect that will change.

 

[Tacitus]

In response to a post on another thread by, Il_leone .

I have never seen any Mercedes ads that have ever used any of their drivers to promote their cars ever, regardless of how much they they are paid and I don't expect that will change.

Really, I have a couple of the top of my head.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I've never seen them and that is undeniable..

Not very prolific though are they.

 

[teabagyokel]

Advertisers drop any ads with Hamilton in from your house.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Well I did request this but I didn't expect them to comply...