![]() Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team (2010–present) īefore the start of the 2010 season Mercedes-Benz's parent company Daimler AG bought a minority stake (45.1%) in the Brawn GP team with Aabar Investments purchasing 30% on 16 November 2009. During this first period of the team's participation in Formula One, Mercedes won 9 races in total, including three Grands Prix (the 1954 French Grand Prix, the 1954 Italian Grand Prix and the 1955 Italian Grand Prix) won by the streamlined "Type Monza", making them the only three races won by a closed-wheel car in Formula One history. At the end of the season, the team withdrew from motor sport, including Formula One. The 1955 disaster at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 11 June, which killed Mercedes-Benz sportscar driver Pierre Levegh and more than 80 spectators led to the cancellations of the French, German, Spanish, and Swiss Grands Prix. Fangio and Moss finished first and second in that year's championship. Mercedes-Benz again dominated the season, with Fangio taking four races, and his new teammate Stirling Moss winning the British Grand Prix. The success continued into the 1955 season, with Mercedes-Benz developing the W196 throughout the year. Fangio went on to win three more races in 1954, winning the championship. The team had immediate success and recorded a 1–2 victory with Fangio and Karl Kling, as well as the fastest lap ( Hans Herrmann). Juan Manuel Fangio, the 1951 champion, transferred mid-season from Maserati to Mercedes-Benz for their debut at the French Grand Prix on 4 July 1954. The car was run in both the conventional open-wheeled configuration and a streamlined form, which featured covered wheels and wider bodywork. In 1954, Mercedes-Benz returned to what was now known as Formula One (a World Championship having been established in 1950) under the leadership of Alfred Neubauer, using the technologically advanced Mercedes-Benz W196. Juan Manuel Fangio at the wheel of the W196 at the Nürburgring during the 1954 German Grand Prix Daimler-Benz AG (1954–1955) Both teams were heavily funded by the Nazi regime, winning all European Grand Prix Championships after 1934, of which Rudolf Caracciola won three for Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz formerly competed in Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s, when the Silver Arrows dominated the races alongside rivals Auto Union. Ten Constructors' and thirteen Drivers' Championships have been won with Mercedes-Benz engines.Ĭonstructor Grand Prix racing before Formula One (1930s) The manufacturer has also collected more than 200 wins as an engine supplier and is ranked second in Formula One history. It has set records for most wins in a season (19 in 2016), and for most consecutive constructors' titles. Since a major rule shake-up in 2014, which required the use of turbochargers and hybrid electric engines, Mercedes has become one of the most successful teams in Formula One history, winning seven consecutive Drivers' titles from 2014 to 2020 and eight consecutive Constructors' titles from 2014 to 2021. In 2010, the company bought the Brawn GP team, rebranding it as Mercedes. In 2005, Ilmor was rebranded as Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains. The company won one constructors' title and three drivers' titles in a works partnership with McLaren which lasted until 2009. Mercedes returned to Formula One in 1994 as an engine manufacturer in association with Ilmor, a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company, which developed their engines. Despite winning two Drivers' Championships, Mercedes-Benz withdrew from motor racing after 1955 in response to the 1955 Le Mans disaster. 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. The marque debuted in Formula One in 1954. Mercedes-branded teams are often referred to by the nickname, the " Silver Arrows".īefore the Second World War, Mercedes-Benz competed in the European Championship, winning three titles. An announcement was made in December 2020 that Ineos planned to take a one third equal ownership stake alongside the Mercedes-Benz Group and Toto Wolff this came into effect on 25 January 2022. The current Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is based in Brackley, England, and possesses a German licence. Mercedes-Benz, a brand of the Mercedes-Benz Group, has been involved in Formula One as both team owner and engine manufacturer for various periods since 1954. For Mercedes as a Formula One engine supplier see Ilmor and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Mercedes This article is about Mercedes as a Formula One team.
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