Mercedes has launched the car Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will drive in this year’s Formula One world championship.
Named the W13, it has been designed to F1’s new technical regulations for 2022 as Mercedes attempts to push its winning streak of eight constructors’ championships to a ninth consecutive year.
“We did pretty well during the last big regulatory change into the hybrid era [in 2014] and performed well when we went from the narrow to the wide cars in 2017,” team principal Toto Wolff said. “While we have a good track record, my message is clear: we can’t rely on past success for this year’s performance, but we can rely on our people, our culture, our structure, and our mindset to do the best possible job for 2022.”
The design of the car looks relatively basic in its launch specification, but is tightly packaged around the power unit. However, the W13 is expected to evolve significantly ahead of the first race in Bahrain on March 20.
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