Mercedes

Full name	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
Base	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1954–1955) Brackley (chassis) andBrixworth (power units), England (2010–present)[1]
Teamprincipal(s)	Toto Wolff (Team Principal & CEO)
Technical Director	James Allison
Website	mercedesamgf1.com
Previous name	Brawn GP
2025 Formula One World Championship
Race drivers	12.Andrea Kimi Antonelli[2] 63.George Russell[3]
Test drivers	77.Valtteri Bottas Frederik Vesti
Chassis	F1 W16[4]
Engine	Mercedes
Tyres	Pirelli
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1954 French Grand Prix
Last entry	2025 Chinese Grand Prix
Races entered	319
Engines	Mercedes
Constructors' Championships	8 (2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021)
Drivers' Championships	9 (1954,1955,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020)
Race victories	129
Podiums	300
Points	7747.5 (7886.64)[a]
Pole positions	141
Fastest laps	109
2024 position	4th (468 pts)

Mercedes-Benz, a German luxury automotive brand of theMercedes-Benz Group, has been involved inFormula One as both team owner and engine manufacturer for various periods since 1954. The currentMercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is based inBrackley, England,^[5] and holds aGerman racing licence.^[6] An announcement was made in December 2020 thatIneos planned to take a one third equal ownership stake alongside the Mercedes-Benz Group andToto Wolff;^[7] this came into effect on 25 January 2022.^[8] Mercedes-branded teams are often referred to by the nickname, the "Silver Arrows" (German:Silberpfeile).

Before theSecond World War, Mercedes-Benz competed in theEuropean Championship, winning three titles. The marque debuted in Formula One in1954. After winning their first race at the1954 French Grand Prix, driverJuan Manuel Fangio won another three Grands Prix to win the 1954 Drivers' Championship and repeated this success in1955. Despite winning two Drivers' Championships, Mercedes-Benz withdrew from motor racing after 1955 in response to the1955 Le Mans disaster.

Mercedes returned to Formula One in1994 as an engine manufacturer in association withIlmor, a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company, which developed their engines. The company won one constructors' title and three drivers' titles in a works partnership withMcLaren which lasted until 2009. In 2005, Ilmor was rebranded asMercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains. In2010, the company bought theBrawn GP team, rebranding it as Mercedes. Since a major rule shake-up in 2014, which required the use ofturbochargers andhybrid electric engines, Mercedes has become one of the most successful teams in Formula One history, winning seven consecutive Drivers' titles from2014 to2020 and eight consecutive Constructors' titles from2014 to2021, both records. The manufacturer has also collected more than 200 wins as an engine supplier and is ranked second in Formula One history. Ten Constructors' and thirteen Drivers' Championships have been won with Mercedes-Benz engines.

Mercedes-Benz formerly competed inGrand Prix motor racing in the 1930s, when theSilver Arrows dominated the races alongside rivalsAuto Union. Both teams were heavily funded by theNazi regime, winning allEuropean Grand Prix Championships after 1934, of whichRudolf Caracciola won three for Mercedes-Benz.^[9]

In 1954, Mercedes-Benz returned to what was now known asFormula One (a World Championship having been established in 1950) under the leadership ofAlfred Neubauer, using the technologically advancedMercedes-Benz W196.^[10] The car was run in both the conventional open-wheeled configuration and a streamlined form, which featured covered wheels and wider bodywork.Juan Manuel Fangio, the 1951 champion, transferred mid-season fromMaserati to Mercedes-Benz for their debut at theFrench Grand Prix on 4 July 1954. The team had immediate success and recorded a 1–2 victory with Fangio andKarl Kling, as well as the fastest lap (Hans Herrmann). Fangio went on to win three more races in 1954, winning the championship.

The success continued into the1955 season, with Mercedes-Benz developing the W196 throughout the year. Mercedes-Benz again dominated the season,^[10] with Fangio taking four races, and his new teammateStirling Moss winning theBritish Grand Prix. Fangio and Moss finished first and second in that year's championship. The1955 disaster at the24 Hours of Le Mans on 11 June, which killed Mercedes-Benzsportscar driverPierre Levegh and more than 80 spectators led to the cancellations of the French, German, Spanish, and Swiss Grands Prix.^[11] At the end of the season, the team withdrew from motor sport, including Formula One.^[10] During this first period of the team's participation in Formula One, Mercedes won 9 races in total, including three Grands Prix (the1954 French Grand Prix, the1954 Italian Grand Prix and the1955 Italian Grand Prix) won by thestreamlined "Type Monza", making them the only three races won by a closed-wheel car in Formula One history.^[12]

Before the start of the 2010 season Mercedes-Benz's parent companyDaimler AG bought a minority stake (45.1%) in theBrawn GP team withAabar Investments purchasing 30% on 16 November 2009.^[13][14] Following the purchase of the team, as well as a sponsorship deal withPetronas,^[15] the team was rebranded asMercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team, andMercedes would now compete in the constructors' championship for the first time.^[16]Ross Brawn continued his duties as team principal and the team retained its base and workforce in the 60,000 m² (650,000 sq ft)Brackley facility,^[17] close to theMercedes-Benz Formula One engine plant (formerly Ilmor Engineering) inBrixworth.^[14]

The team has a complex history: Its entry can be traced back toTyrrell Racing, who competed as a constructor from 1970 until 1998, until being bought by British American Tobacco at the end of1997 so its entry could be transferred to the then new constructorBritish American Racing (BAR) in1999.^[18][19] BAR, who had formed a partnership withHonda, eventually becameHonda Racing F1 Team in 2006 when British American Tobacco withdrew from the sport. It again changed hands in 2008, when Honda withdrew, and was purchased by the team's management, naming it Brawn GP after team principalRoss Brawn.^[20] Brawn used engines fromMercedes-Benz High Performance Engines, and despite running on a low budget,Jenson Button won six of the first seven races and ultimately the2009 Drivers' Championship, while Brawn won the Constructors' Championship. It was the first time in the sport's sixty-year history that a team won both titles in its maiden season.

Team Mercedes GP hired German driversNico Rosberg, and seven-time world championMichael Schumacher,^[21] who returned to Formula One after a three-year absence, andNick Heidfeld as the test and reserve driver. Of Brawn's 2009 drivers,Jenson Button signed forMcLaren, whilstRubens Barrichello moved to Rosberg's former seat withWilliams team for 2010. With the acquisition of Brawn, the team ended its involvement withMcLaren, parent companyDaimler AG sold back the 40% shareholding in theMcLaren Group,^[14] while continuing to supply engines to the team.^[22] The team's performance during 2010 was not so competitive as under Brawn, with the team behind the leading three teams ofFerrari,McLaren, andRed Bull. Their best results came from Rosberg finishing on the podium three times, scoring third places atSepang,Shanghai, andSilverstone. Rosberg eventually finished in seventh place, but Schumacher had a disappointing return, being beaten by his teammate and finishing the season without a single race win, podium, pole position, or fastest lap for the first time since his début season in1991. He also was involved in a controversy inHungary after nearly squeezing former Ferrari teammateRubens Barrichello into the wall at 180 mph (290 km/h). Ultimately, the team finished fourth in the Constructors' Championship, with 214 points.

Prior to the start of the 2011 season, Daimler and Aabar purchased the remaining 24.9% stake owned by the team management in February 2011.^[23] Using the new MGP W02, theAustralian Grand Prix ended when Schumacher and Rosberg both retired due to crash damage on laps 19 and 22 respectively. InMalaysia, Rosberg qualified ninth and Schumacher again failed to make Q3, qualifying eleventh. Schumacher scored the team's first points of the season with a ninth-place finish, whereas Rosberg had a quiet race and finished twelfth. InChina, Rosberg and Schumacher showed strong form, with Rosberg finishing fifth as well as leading fourteen laps during the race, while Schumacher ended the race in eighth place. Rosberg added another fifth place inTurkey, while inSpain, Schumacher finished in sixth place, ahead of Rosberg.After scoring no points at theMonaco Grand Prix, Schumacher equalled his best finish for the team inCanada, finishing fourth after running as high as second. InValencia, Rosberg finished seventh, and Schumacher seventeenth, after contact withVitaly Petrov. Rosberg and Schumacher both finished in the points at the following two races inGreat Britain andGermany. Gearbox issues stopped Schumacher from scoring at theHungarian Grand Prix, but Rosberg managed to finish in ninth place. At theBelgian Grand Prix, Schumacher moved from the back of the grid – after losing a wheel in qualifying – to finish fifth, while Rosberg finished sixth, having led the race in its early stages. Again, the team finished fourth in the Constructors' Championship just as in 2010, with 165 points with no wins, podiums, or poles.

For 2012, the team removed theGP from their name and added the name ofAMG, the high performance brand of Daimler AG, to their title. The team would officially get the designationMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team. At the start of the season Mercedes was the subject of protest over the use of a "radical" rear wing concept on theMercedes F1 W03 racing car,^[24] which was not settled until the third race in China when the stewards unanimously rejected the protest.^[25] At the third race of the season inChina, Rosberg took the team's first pole position as a works team since Fangio in1955; Schumacher finished the session third, but moved up to second after a grid penalty forMcLaren team'sLewis Hamilton. The team secured its first win in57 years when Nico Rosberg finished first in the2012 Chinese Grand Prix. This marked also the first win for a German driver driving a German car inFormula 1 history.^[26] At the2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher set the fastest time in qualifying, but started sixth after a five-place grid penalty was imposed for having caused an avoidable collision with Bruno Senna during theSpanish Grand Prix, the previous round. In addition to that, Rosberg became the first German driver to win aGrand Prix driving a German vehicle sinceHermann Lang's victory at the1939 Swiss Grand Prix. On 28 September 2012, it was announced that McLaren driverLewis Hamilton would join the Mercedes team from the2013 season onwards, having signed a three-year deal to partner Nico Rosberg in the team.^[27] In January 2013, Toto Wolff became an executive director of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, with his business partner Rene Berger becoming non-executive director. In addition to joining the team as managing partner, he also acquired 30% of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd, with a further 10% held by Niki Lauda, chairman of the board, and 60% by the parent company.Wolff took over the co-ordination of all Mercedes-Benz motorsport activities, a responsibility previously held byNorbert Haug.

The following season on 26 May 2013,Nico Rosberg capitalised on a pole position to award the team its first win of 2013 at theMonaco Grand Prix.Paddy Lowe moved to the team as executive director on 3 June 2013.^[28][29] Mercedes then went on to take third place in theCanadian Grand Prix courtesy of Hamilton, followed by another win for Rosberg at theBritish Grand Prix after the team took 1–2 in qualifying. The team then celebrated their third win of the season after Hamilton took his first victory for the team at theHungarian Grand Prix, resulting in second place ahead of Red Bull Racing in the Constructors' Championship.

Both drivers were retained for2014. Rosberg won the first race of the season inAustralia, then inMalaysia, Hamilton completed a grand slam – leading every lap from pole position, with the fastest race lap – while Rosberg completed a 1–2 finish for the team; it ended Hamilton's nine race streak without a podium finish, and was the first 1–2 finish by Mercedes as a works team since the1955 Italian Grand Prix. The team repeated the result at theBahrain, theChinese, and theSpanish Grands Prix, while Rosberg and Hamilton finished 1–2 respectively at theMonaco andAustrian Grands Prix. At theGerman Grand Prix, Rosberg became the first German driver driving a German vehicle to win theGerman Grand Prix since it was achieved byRudolf Caracciola and Mercedes-Benz at the1939 German Grand Prix. At theRussian Grand Prix the team won their first Constructors' Championship as a works team. Hamilton won the last race of the season, held inAbu Dhabi. He finished the season 67 points ahead of Rosberg, clinching the World Drivers' Championship.^[30] The team finished the 2014 season 296 points ahead of their closest rivalRed Bull Racing in the World Constructors' Championship standings. With 18 pole positions, 16 wins and 11 1–2s out of 19 races, Mercedes dominated this first year of the V6 turbo era. For their 16 race victories, the average winning margin to the nearest non-Mercedes competitor was 23.2 seconds.^[31]

For the2015 season, the team retained both Hamilton and Rosberg.^[32] At the2015 Russian Grand Prix the team won their second Constructors' Championship as a works team^[33] and Hamilton won his second consecutive Drivers' Championship at the2015 United States Grand Prix, finishing 59 points ahead of Rosberg. Mercedes continued their domination in this second year of the V6 turbo era, improving on their impressive numbers from 2014 with 18 pole positions, 16 wins and 12 1–2s in 19 races. Of their 16 race victories, the average winning margin to the nearest non-Mercedes competitor was 19.7 seconds, down from 23.2 seconds in 2014.^[34]

In the2016 season, Mercedes won the Constructors' Championship for the third consecutive season, winning 19 of the 21 races held, while securing 20 poles (the highest percentage ever in a single season of F1 at 95.2%) and 8 1–2s.^[35] The average winning gap to the nearest non-Mercedes driver dropped to 14.6 seconds. Rosberg won his only Drivers' Championship, finishing 5 points ahead of Hamilton, before announcing his retirement shortly after winning the title.^[36]

On 10 January 2017, Mercedes announced that Executive Director Paddy Lowe had left the team, and entered a period ofgarden leave.^[37] On 16 January 2017,Valtteri Bottas was announced as Rosberg's replacement for the2017 season^[38] and BritishGP3 driverGeorge Russell was incorporated into the junior team.^[39] On 22 October 2017, Mercedes won the Constructors' Championship for the fourth consecutive time.^[40] One week later,Lewis Hamilton became the first British driver to win four world championships.^[41] Mercedes finished the 2017 season with 12 wins out of 20 races, 15 poles, 4 1–2s and an average winning margin to the nearest non-Mercedes driver of 13.1 seconds.

For the2018 season the team retained both Hamilton and Bottas. The team clinched their fifth straight constructors' title at thepenultimate race of the season in Brazil after a win for Hamilton. In the 2018 season, Mercedes won 11 races (all for Hamilton) out of 21 races, took 10 fastest laps (three for Hamilton and seven for Bottas), 13 pole positions (eleven for Hamilton and two for Bottas), and four 1–2 finishes. This made Mercedes only the second team in the history in F1 to achieve the feat of winning 5 drivers' and constructors' titles in a row, afterFerrari did so between2000 and2004.^[42]

For the2019 season, the team again retained both Hamilton and Bottas. In theopening race, both drivers locked out the front row with Hamilton taking pole position. Bottas overtook Hamilton at the start and took his first victory since the2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Hamilton managing to give the team a 1–2 finish after fending offRed Bull'sMax Verstappen. The team continued the strong performance through the first half of the season. By the summer break, Mercedes had won 10 out of 12 races with Hamilton taking 8 victories to Bottas's 2, securing 1–2 finishes at the first 5 races of the season.^[43][44] The team would go on to take both the drivers and constructors titles for the sixth consecutive year.^[45]

The team debuted their "Dual-Axis-Steering" system during pre-season testing for the2020 season. This allows the driver to change thetoe of the front wheels by pushing or pulling on the steering wheel. This allows the driver to optimise the car for better tyre warming on the straights with zero toe, or better mechanical grip in the corners with positive toe. The system was allowed for the 2020 season, but has been made illegal for2021.^[46] The team would go on to win both the drivers and constructors championships.^[47] Before the penultimate round of the season, the2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Hamilton was forced to sit the race out following a positivecoronavirus test, with Williams driver and Mercedes juniorGeorge Russell replacing him.

For2021, the team retained the same driver line-up for a fifth straight season. The team failed to win the drivers' championship for the first time in the V6 turbo-hybrid era, with Hamilton being overtaken by title rivalMax Verstappen on the last lap of the season-endingAbu Dhabi Grand Prix after a controversial safety car restart. Hamilton had comfortably led the race and been on course for his eighth title before a late safety car caused byNicholas Latifi's crash on Turn 14. The actions ofFIA race directorMichael Masi surrounding the controversial procedures used during the late safety car caused Mercedes to file an intention to appeal the results of that race, though this was later withdrawn.^[48] Hamilton finished second in the championship, eight points behind champion Verstappen, with Bottas third in the standings in his final season with the team.^[49] The team took the constructors' title for a record-extending eighth consecutive season.^[50]

Mercedes junior driver,George Russell replaced Bottas to partner Hamilton for2022.^[51] 2022 saw major rule changes, which reintroducedground effect.^[52] Mercedes revealed a radical design with what was dubbed 'zero-pods'.^[53] The radical design did not pay dividends, as the team struggled to understand and unlock its full potential.^[54] Additionally, the car suffered from aggressiveporpoising,^[55] the porpoising was significantly reduced and "solved" ahead of theCanadian Grand Prix.^[56] Despite their performance struggles, Mercedes' reliability was "amazing",^[57] meaning their only three retirements of the season came at theBritish Grand Prix, where Russell was involved in a crash withZhou Guanyu andPierre Gasly, theBelgian Grand Prix, where Hamilton was involved in a crash withFernando Alonso, and theAbu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Hamilton suffered a mechanical failure, but was still classified 18th.^[58] The team regularly appeared on the podium. At theFrench Grand Prix, Hamilton finished second while Russell finished third,^[59] marking the team's first double podium of the season.^[60] Russell achieved his first everpole position, and Mercedes' first of the season, at theHungarian Grand Prix.^[61][62] Russell achieved his first Formula One win, and Mercedes' first of the season, along with Hamilton coming in second, at theSão Paulo Grand Prix.^[63]

Mercedes finished the 2022 season third in the Constructors' Championship with the one win at São Paulo marking their best result of the season. Russell finished 4th in the Drivers' Championship having scored the win in Brazil plus a pole position in Hungary. Hamilton finished 6th in the Drivers' Championship marking the first time in his career he finished outside the top 5, with 2022 also marking the first time Hamilton had failed to score a pole position or Grand Prix win during a season.

After continuing to struggle with their radical "zero-pods" design in the 2023 season, Mercedes opted to replace Technical DirectorMike Elliott withJames Allison, with Elliott becoming Chief Technical Officer. This change occurred on 21 April 2023.

Mercedes finished 2023 second in the Constructors' Championship, 3 points ahead of Ferrari. The season however still was disappointing as the team failed to secure a win for the first time since2011. The closest the team came to winning was at theUnited States Grand Prix where Hamilton finished 0.3 seconds behind World Champion Max Verstappen before he was disqualified for his rear skid blocks being worn below the limit. Hamilton finished 2023 third in the Drivers' Championship with 6 podiums, with the highlight of his season being breaking the record for the most pole positions at a single circuit after he took his 9th pole at theHungaroring during theHungarian Grand Prix. Russell had a miserable season finishing 8th in the Drivers' Championship with 2 podiums.

The team admitted the W15 will have a completely different concept for the2024 season with their intentions to be trying to catch up to pace settersRed Bull for their hope of claiming the championship or fighting for wins.

On 1 February 2024, Mercedes confirmed Hamilton would leave the team after 12 years, with the seven-time champion signing a multi-year contract to drive forFerrari from2025 onwards after he activated an exit clause in his contract.^[64] Mercedes junior driverAndrea Kimi Antonelli was announced as his replacement on 31 August 2024.^[65] On 19 December 2024, Bottas was announced to be rejoining the team as a reserve driver.^[66]

Mercedes-Benz returned to Formula One as an engine supplier in1994 in partnership withIlmor, a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company with its manufacturing centre based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire. After acquisition by Mercedes, the company is now calledMercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains. It suppliedSauber for one season, then switched toMcLaren in1995 for a highly successful 20-year partnership.^[67] In2009, Mercedes also became suppliers ofBrawn GP (later acquired to become the Mercedes-Benz factory team) andForce India, later known asRacing Point and eventually,Aston Martin F1. A fourth team was added to the supplying program in 2014,Williams. The 20-year long partnership with McLaren ended in advance of the2015 season, before resuming in 2021.^[67] Mercedes supplied engines to theLotus F1 Team for one season in2015, andManor for one season in2016.

For the2024 season, Mercedes supplies engines toAston Martin F1,McLaren, andWilliams, in addition to their own team.

There have been thirteen drivers linked to the Mercedes junior team, of which six are still members, as of January 2025^[update]:

Driver	Year Joined	Current series	Titles achieved as Mercedes Junior Team member
Alex Powell[68]	2019	F4 Middle East Championship	31° Andrea Margutti Trophy - OKJ[clarification needed] ROK Cup Superfinal - Mini ROK[clarification needed]
Yuanpu Cui[69]	2021	GB3 Championship Formula Regional Middle East Championship	none as Junior Team member
Frederik Vesti[70]	2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship	none as Junior Team member
Luna Fluxá[71]	2022	Karting	none as Junior Team member
Kenzo Craigie[72]	2023	Karting	none as Junior Team member
Doriane Pin[73]	2024	F1 Academy Formula Regional European Championship Formula Regional Middle East Championship	none as Junior Team member
James Anagnostiadis[74]	2024	Karting	none as Junior Team member
Ethan Jeff-Hall[75]	2025	F4 British Championship	none as Junior Team member

There are seven former drivers of the Mercedes junior team, four of which have driven in Formula One. As of 2024^[update],George Russell is the only driver to have driven for Mercedes, having done so since 2022.Esteban Ocon is the only other former driver to participate in the2024 season.

Driver	Years	Current series	Titles
Pascal Wehrlein[76]	2014–2018	Formula E	2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Esteban Ocon[77]	2015–2019	Formula One	2015 GP3 Series
George Russell[78]	2017–2021	Formula One	2017 GP3 Series,2018 Formula 2 Championship
Paul Aron[79]	2019–2023	FIA Formula 2 Championship	none as Junior Team member
Daniel Guinchard[80]	2022		none as Junior Team member
Andrea Kimi Antonelli[81]	2018–2024	Formula One	CIK-FIA European Championship - OK[clarification needed] WSK Euro Series - OK[clarification needed] WSK Super Master Series - OKJ[clarification needed] 24° South Garda Winter Cup - OKJ[clarification needed] WSK Euro Series - OKJ[clarification needed] ROK Cup International Final - Mini ROK[clarification needed] 2022 Italian F4 Championship 2022 ADAC Formula 4 Championship 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship 2023 Formula Regional European Championship

In December 2009, the team suffered an early setback when it was discovered that a planned £80m sponsorship arrangement that had been signed by predecessorBrawn GP withHenkel in July was invalid.^[82] Henkel claimed they were unaware of the deal and had no interest in Formula One; the deal allegedly was made by a former Henkel employee on stolen company stationery for the purposes of defrauding the company. On 22 December, Henkel announced that the dispute with the team had been resolved with a mutual agreement and that legal action would not be pursued, although the team would work with the German prosecutor's office to clarify the matter.^[83]

On 21 December, the team confirmed that the number one Malaysian oil and gas companyPetronas would join the team as title sponsor.Petronas was based in Kuala Lumpur where theSepang International Circuit (SIC) is located.^[84] From 2010, the team competed under the full title of Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team.^[85] According to some reports, the arrangement is valued at €30m each year.^[86] On 28 September 2022, Mercedes and Petronas announced a multi-year renewal of the title and technical partnership from the2026 season onwards.^[87]

On 25 January 2010, the team's livery was unveiled publicly at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart,^[88] with Schumacher and Rosberg in attendance.^[89] The cars race in the traditional silver colours of Mercedes-Benz and retains Brawn GP sponsor MIGfx. In 2013, the team signed a multi-year deal with mobile companyBlackBerry which ended after the 2015 season. The team also had other major partners such asMonster Energy,Puma,Swissquote (until 2014).Qualcomm,UBS,Epson,Bose &Hugo Boss were added as sponsors in 2015, while Wihuri joined Mercedes together with Bottas in 2017. Before the2017 Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes added software companyTibco as one of their partners. In 2018,Tommy Hilfiger took over fromHugo Boss as the team's clothing supplier with Hamilton becoming a brand ambassador for the company and participating in the #WhatsYourDrive Promotion.For 2019, the team made a global partnership withCrowdStrike andMarriott Bonvoy.^[90] For the2020 Formula One World Championship, the team welcomed two new partners;Ineos andAMD.^[91][92] In 2021, the team signed a sponsorship deal withTeamViewer, a German technology company, which became the first partner of both Mercedes F1 and FE teams.

In 2025,Adidas took over fromTommy Hilfiger as the team's clothing supplier.

The Mercedes F1 team had previously partnered withFTX, a Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange company.^[93] Mercedes suspended its sponsorship deal with FTX and removed the company's logos from their cars prior to the2022 São Paulo Grand Prix due to FTX's financial difficulties, withthe cryptocurrency firm filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy soon after, thereby formally ending the sponsorship deal.^[94] The activities of FTX were subsequently revealed to have resulted in a multi-billion dollar fraud. A lawsuit against Mercedes F1 team for promoting FTX was filed to a federal court in Miami in November 2023.^[95]

On 1 December 2021, the team initially signed a sponsorship deal with theKingspan Group. This announcement proved controversial due to Kingspan being under scrutiny in theGrenfell Tower inquiry, an inquiry about the 2017Grenfell Tower Fire where 72 people lost their lives. The Mercedes-Kingspan Group deal led to criticism fromGrenfell United (made up of survivors and families of victims of the Grenfell Tower fire) and then-UK government ministerMichael Gove. Mercedes subsequently agreed to review its decision with Mercedes F1 team boss,Toto Wolff even offering to meet and listen to the Grenfell fire survivors.^[96] On 8 December 2021, it was announced the deal between Kingspan and Mercedes F1 Team had been terminated with immediate effect.^[97]

• Constructors' Championships winning percentage:53.3%
• Drivers' Championships winning percentage:52.9%
• Winning percentage:40.4%

(Bold indicates championships won.)

Year	Name	Car	Engine	Tyres	No.	Drivers	Points	WCC
1954	Daimler-Benz AG	W196	M196 2.5L8	C	—[f]	Juan Manuel Fangio Hans Herrmann Karl Kling Hermann Lang	—[g]
1955	Daimler-Benz AG	W196	M196 2.5L8	C	—[f]	Juan Manuel Fangio Hans Herrmann Karl Kling Stirling Moss André Simon Piero Taruffi	—[g]
1956 –2009: Mercedes-Benz did not compete as a constructor.
2010	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	MGP W01	FO 108X 2.4V8	B	3. 4.	Michael Schumacher Nico Rosberg	214	4th
2011	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	MGP W02	FO 108Y 2.4V8	P	7. 8.	Michael Schumacher Nico Rosberg	165	4th
2012	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W03	FO 108Z 2.4V8	P	7. 8.	Michael Schumacher Nico Rosberg	142	5th
2013	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W04	FO 108F 2.4V8	P	9. 10.	Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton	360	2nd
2014	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W05 Hybrid	PU106A Hybrid 1.6V6t	P	6. 44.	Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton	701	1st
2015	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W06 Hybrid	PU106B Hybrid 1.6V6t	P	6. 44.	Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton	703	1st
2016	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W07 Hybrid	PU106C Hybrid 1.6V6t	P	6. 44.	Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton	765	1st
2017	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	F1 W08 EQ Power+	M08 EQ Power+ 1.6V6t	P	44. 77.	Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas	668	1st
2018	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	F1 W09 EQ Power+	M09 EQ Power+ 1.6V6t	P	44. 77.	Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas	655	1st
2019	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	F1 W10 EQ Power+	M10 EQ Power+ 1.6V6t	P	44. 77.	Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas	739	1st
2020	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W11 EQ Performance	M11 EQ Performance 1.6V6t	P	44. 63. 77.	Lewis Hamilton George Russell Valtteri Bottas	573	1st
2021	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W12 E Performance	M12 E Performance 1.6V6t	P	44. 77.	Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas	613.5	1st
2022	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W13 E Performance	M13 E Performance 1.6V6t	P	44. 63.	Lewis Hamilton George Russell	515	3rd
2023	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W14 E Performance	M14 E Performance 1.6V6t	P	44. 63.	Lewis Hamilton George Russell	409	2nd
2024	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W15 E Performance	M15 E Performance 1.6V6t	P	44. 63.	Lewis Hamilton George Russell	468	4th
2025	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W16 E Performance	M16 E Performance 1.6V6t	P	12. 63.	Andrea Kimi Antonelli George Russell	57*	2nd*
Source:[98]

* Season still in progress.

The following drivers won the Formula One Drivers' Championship for Mercedes:^[99]

• Juan Manuel Fangio (1954,1955)
• Lewis Hamilton (2014,2015,2017,2018,2019,2020)
• Nico Rosberg (2016)

Year	Name	No.	Drivers	Points	WCC
2017	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team	72. 29.	Brendon Leigh Harry Jacks	—[h]
2018		72. 12.	Brendon Leigh Daniel Bereznay	382	1st
2019		72. 95. n/a	Brendon Leigh Patryk Krutyi Daniel Shields	83	8th
2020		72. 94. 20.	Brendon Leigh Bono Huis Bardia Boroumand	107	4th
2021		34. 95.	Jarno Opmeer Dani Moreno	295	1st
2022		34. 26. 25.	Jarno Opmeer Dani Moreno Jake Benham	158	4th
2023-24		5. 25. 15.	Jarno Opmeer Jake Benham Daniel Bereznay	197	4th
2025		15. 62. 25.	Daniel Bereznay István Puki Jake Benham	198	3rd
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The following drivers won the Formula One Esports Drivers' Championship for McLaren Shadows:

• Brendon Leigh (2018).
• Jarno Opmeer (2021).

(key (results inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	WCC
2018	F1 W09 EQ Power+		AUS	CHN	AZE	FRA	GBR	BEL	GER	SIN	USA	ABU			382	1st
		Brendon Leigh	1	1	2	1	1	5	2	1	1	5
		Daniel Bereznay	6	2	3	4	12	1	6	4	2	1
		Harry Jacks
2019	F1 W10 EQ Power+		BHR	CHN	AZE	CAN	RBR	GBR	GER	BEL	ITA	JPN	USA	BRA	83	8th
		Brendon Leigh	5	11	4	2	14	6	17	11	6	7	3	11
		Patryk Kutryj	15	8	11	20	9	19	11	18		14	12
		Daniel Shields									17			13
2020	F1 W11 EQ Performance		BHR	VIE	CHN	NED	CAN	RBR	GBR	BEL	ITA	JPN	MEX	BRA	107	4th
		Brendon Leigh	7	4	17	6	17	13	10	4	3	15	2	4
		Bono Huis	11	13		8	16	8	12	7	7	11	10	9
		Bari Broumand			11
2021	F1 W11 E Performance		BHR	CHN	RBR	GBR	ITA	BEL	POR	NED	USA	EMI	MEX	BRA	295	1st
		Jarno Opmeer	4	1	1	9	2	2	7	6	1	2	1	4
		Dani Moreno	5	8	10	2	7	16	4	1	7	7	4	Ret
		Bono Huis
2022	F1 W13 E Performance		BHR	EMI	GBR	RBR	BEL	NED	ITA	MEX	USA	JPN	BRA	UAE	158	4th
		Jarno Opmeer	2	11	5	4	6	4	11	1	1	Ret	8	6
		Dani Moreno	5	5	13	8	13	7
		Jake Benham							13	8	12	15	9	12
2023–24	F1 W14 E Performance		BHR	JED	RBR	GBR	BEL	NED	USA	MEX	BRA	LVG	QAT	UAE	197	4th
		Daniel Bereznay	6			3	6			12	10			3
		Jarno Opmeer	2	7	Ret	1	5	7	8	8	3	3	6	6
		Jake Benham		5	4			8	13			19	17
2025	F1 W15 E Performance		AUS	CHN	BHR	SAU	GBR	BEL	NED	USA	MXC	SAP	QAT	ABU	198	3rd
		Daniel Bereznay	3	3	9	Ret	2	5		8	14	10		8
		István Puki	2	8	2			2	17	12	16		7
		Jake Benham				3	3		4			5	15	4

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