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Paying our respects to Charlie Whiting this weekend on the #VF19. #AusGP #F1 #HaasF1 Image Credit: HAAS F1 via Twitter (2019)
Formula 1 World Championship Begins 2019 With Gripping Notes - Whiting & Mercedes
The 2019 Formula 1 World Championship season begins with the biggest drama in Melbourne, Australia being that 1) Longtime competitor as team mechanic becoming Chief Mechanic at Brabham, to staff then Race Director since 1997 at FIA Charlie Whiting passing away from Pulmonary Embolism ... & 2) Mercedes speed domination that continued in the race from nearly having a full second on the field at qualifications.
Toto Wolff And Niki Lauda To Continue Their Successful Partnership Of Recent Years Until End 2020 Image Credit: Mercedes Benz Media
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport is delighted to announce that Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda have signed new contracts which will keep them with the World Champion team until the end of 2020.
Mercedes-AMG DTM TeamDTM: Backstage – Introducing: Stefan Kalke Image Credit: Mercedes Benz Media
The Mercedes-AMG DTM Team is one big, happy family but has other members apart from the racing drivers. We would like to introduce you to the people behind the scenes. In the spotlight today: Chief Mechanic, Stefan Kalke.
In the DTM, every millimeter counts, even the smallest divergence from the norm can make the difference in the fight for thousandths of a second. Stefan Kalke (45, Chief Mechanic) has worked as a mechanic for the past 27 years. He knows the DTM cars inside out and is very much aware just how important it is to produce impeccable work in his job.
Strong Start As Silver Arrows Rack Up The Mileage On Day 1 in Barcelona Image Credit: Mercedes Benz Media
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport kicked off the first pre-season test of the 2017 season today at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton taking turns at the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+
Qualcomm And Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Conduct Trials Utilizing 802.11ad Multi-gigabit Wi-Fi For Racecar Data Communications Image Credit: Mercedes Benz Media,Day Photography - Steve Etherington
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, are conducting field trials to test high-speed wireless download of vehicle sensor information utilizing 802.11ad Wi-Fi® technology in the 60 GHz band. With the success of initial testing conducted during the Formula 1TM US Grand Prix in the 2016 season, Qualcomm Technologies and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport plan to continue technology development and conduct additional trials during the British Grand Prix in July. During these field trials, race engineers utilize both 5 GHz 802.11ac and Multi-gigabit 802.11ad Wi-Fi technology, which operates in the millimeter wave (mmWave) 60GHz band, to gather data directly from the Team’s race car while in, or approaching the garage. The handover between the two 802.11 modes are handled automatically as radio conditions dictate throughput performance.
Customer Racing Changes In The Mercedes-AMG Customer Sports Program Image Credit: Mercedes AMG Media
Affalterbach – In the almost seven years of its existence, the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport customer sports program can look back upon a very successful history. So far, the SLS AMG GT3 has racked up 174 race wins. Likewise, the new Mercedes-AMG GT3 already collected 18 first places all over the world in its maiden season. Jochen Bitzer, among others, has also largely contributed to this success as he was responsible for the successful expansion and establishment of the Mercedes-AMG Customer Sports program in the past three years. Now, the 43-year-old is to take on a different challenge and will be taking up a new function at Daimler AG on 1 March, 2017. Until further notice, Stefan Wendl, who has been involved in the Mercedes-AMG customer sports program since 2015, will be taking over Jochen Bitzer’s duties and will be available for the teams as a competent contact person.
Mercedes-AMG DTM Team Complete Final Tests Before Homologation Of The New Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM Cars Image Credit: Mercedes AMG Media
The clock is now ticking towards the homologation of the DTM cars for the 2017 season on 1st March. First, though, the Mercedes-AMG DTM Team were preoccupied with the opening test session of the new year this week (21st - 23rd February). It also constituted the last opportunity for trialing before the end of the homologation window. So there was a lot of testing to be done by the experienced DTM drivers and regular race-winners Gary Paffett, Paul Di Resta and Edoardo Mortara. Each of them spent one day in the cockpit of the Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM.
Spa-Francorchamps (BEL). For Mercedes-AMG, the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps ended in a successful way: the #88 Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by AMG-Team AKKA ASP with Felix Rosenqvist (SWE), Tristan Vautier (FRA) and Renger van der Zande (NED) secured second place in a high-class GT3 field. With the #86 car, Maximilian Götz (GER), Thomas Jäger (GER) and Gary Paffett (GBR) finished the race in fifth place for AMG-Team HTP Motorsport. The team’s sister car also made it into the top ten: sixth place for the #84 with Dominik Baumann (AUT), Maximilian Buhk (GER) and Jazeman Jaafar (MAS). All eight Mercedes-AMG GT3 were classified in the classic race at the ‘Ardennes roller coaster’ circuit.
Driver Chassis No. Grid Result Fastest Lap
Lewis Hamilton F1 W07 Hybrid/04 P02 P01 1:18.746
Nico Rosberg F1 W07 Hybrid/05 P01 P04 1:19.122
Strategy Start Stop 1 Stop 2 Stop 3
No. 44 SuperSoft Soft(Lap 14) SuperSoft (Lap 34) Soft (Lap 47)
No. 6 SuperSoft SuperSoft (Lap 11) Soft (Lap 27) Soft (Lap 44)
Weather Overcast, dry, mild
Temperatures
Air: 23.8 – 25.0°C Track: 36.6 – 42.3°C
Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
First of all, what a fantastic drive from Lewis and a great feeling to win the German Grand Prix once again with Mercedes. This has been a very special weekend for the team and Lewis delivered a pretty perfect drive today: great start, great speed, great management. He’s gone from a big deficit to now leading the championship, so it’s been a very good streak. We have seen these waves of momentum in both directions and he is riding the crest right now. But as well as the sweet part of the afternoon, for Nico it was more bitter. The start didn’t go well for him with big wheel spin but then he struggled for pace in the race, too. There were two big talking points. First the penalty. I think you will find lots of opinions but what we really look for is consistency in the decision making. Sometimes you see cars battling and there is no consequence, other times penalties are handed out. Today’s felt tough because I think the fans want to see hard racing – and that’s what it was. Then there was the pit stop to serve the penalty. In such a high-tech sport, we don’t often have to use a stop watch in a manual process. Today, it didn’t start, so we had to take the safe option to make sure Nico observed the right amount of time. Sometimes these things happen. Overall, I think we can be very pleased with our first part of the year. 11 wins from 12 is a nice statistic to take into the summer break – but we know that our rivals are continuing to improve, too. We will take the break, recharge the batteries and come back with fresh energy in Spa.
Driver Chassis No. P3 Q1 Q2 Q3
Weather Clear, dry, mild
Temperatures Air: 24.4 – 27.1°C Track: 36.7 – 44.6°C
Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
Overall, a fantastic result to take the front row of the grid at our home race here in Hockenheim. I’m really pleased for Nico because he overcame a tricky session to get pole. On his first Q3 run, he had an electronic problem during his fast lap, so he aborted and came back to the pits to have it fixed. For the second run, we gave a safety margin of two extra laps of fuel, just to make sure he could get a time on the board. But on his first flying lap, he pulled it out of the bag and got the pole anyway. Lewis then responded on his final run, but fell slightly short; afterwards, the times showed he had been faster in sector three, but lost a bit too much time in the middle sector of the lap. In any case, we can see that our biggest threat for tomorrow starts right behind us. On the long runs yesterday, Red Bull were very competitive and we know that it’s a long and hard race here in Hockenheim. So the first, small part of the job is done. But we must make sure to prepare carefully overnight, keep our feet on the ground and deliver the result tomorrow.
