2026 Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team

[AR3-GP]

Merc dipping into Formula E experience.

According to Racing Bulls Managing Director Peter Bayer, the complexity of the new engine regulations in Formula 1 is shown above all by the effort that the manufacturers have put into preparing for the 2026 season. Mercedes in particular has worked hard here.

"I had heard, for example, that Mercedes had referred to its former Formula E team very, very early on and brought in people from this Formula E team, also to give the drivers a little closer to this whole energy management process in the simulator," Bayer said in the Sky podcast "Backstage Boxengasse".

https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel ... t-26011904

[sucof]

Merc dipping into Formula E experience.

According to Racing Bulls Managing Director Peter Bayer, the complexity of the new engine regulations in Formula 1 is shown above all by the effort that the manufacturers have put into preparing for the 2026 season. Mercedes in particular has worked hard here.

"I had heard, for example, that Mercedes had referred to its former Formula E team very, very early on and brought in people from this Formula E team, also to give the drivers a little closer to this whole energy management process in the simulator," Bayer said in the Sky podcast "Backstage Boxengasse".

https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel ... t-26011904

Hm, I think such knowledge will only result in a long term gain, if they design a car around it.
Just tricks how you operate will be something other teams can learn quickly.
But certain ways of operating the car could be enhanced by hardware changes, those will be hard to copy.

[SB15]

[MB_Racer]

Merc dipping into Formula E experience.

According to Racing Bulls Managing Director Peter Bayer, the complexity of the new engine regulations in Formula 1 is shown above all by the effort that the manufacturers have put into preparing for the 2026 season. Mercedes in particular has worked hard here.


"I had heard, for example, that Mercedes had referred to its former Formula E team very, very early on and brought in people from this Formula E team, also to give the drivers a little closer to this whole energy management process in the simulator," Bayer said in the Sky podcast "Backstage Boxengasse".

https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel ... t-26011904

Interesting so some engineers from the German company HWA and some from the “new” Formula E McLaren team are coming to Merc in F1 !

[Lasssept]

The Race
- Leading Mercedes F1 designer to step down

Mercedes is to reshuffle its senior technical Formula 1 team later this year with long-serving director of car design John Owen set to leave, The Race can reveal.

Owen is a Mercedes stalwart and has been instrumental in the creation of all its world championship winning cars of the modern era.
..
Mercedes has duly elected to promote Tortora to become its new director of car design, and Owen will remain on board until the middle of the season to help ensure a smooth transition process. Tortora will report directly into Resta.

After the handover phase is complete, it is understood that Owen is set to take a career break and move onto 'gardening leave' before deciding his next career step.

link

[WardenOfTheNorth]

Interesting.

Slightly off topic, but Lego Speed Champions have a rumoured Mercedes double pack coming out this year.

I'd love if it was the F1 Safety and Medical cars!!

[f1isgood]

Merc dipping into Formula E experience.

According to Racing Bulls Managing Director Peter Bayer, the complexity of the new engine regulations in Formula 1 is shown above all by the effort that the manufacturers have put into preparing for the 2026 season. Mercedes in particular has worked hard here.

"I had heard, for example, that Mercedes had referred to its former Formula E team very, very early on and brought in people from this Formula E team, also to give the drivers a little closer to this whole energy management process in the simulator," Bayer said in the Sky podcast "Backstage Boxengasse".

https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel ... t-26011904

IMO this will be the biggest difference between existing large engine manufacturers and someone only F1 focused like RBPT. For the last era Merc used their trucking division. For 2022 I even heard them using rocket technology on the zeropods.

[PlatinumZealot]

Interesting.

Slightly off topic, but Lego Speed Champions have a rumoured Mercedes double pack coming out this year.

I'd love if it was the F1 Safety and Medical cars!!

Hmm. Makes sense! With the Aston F1 team being Honda powered it would create confusion.

[AR3-GP]

No Mercedes powered team has turned a shakedown lap of any kind. Nothing to see here. Nothing at all.

[lio007]

The Race
- Leading Mercedes F1 designer to step down

Mercedes is to reshuffle its senior technical Formula 1 team later this year with long-serving director of car design John Owen set to leave, The Race can reveal.

Owen is a Mercedes stalwart and has been instrumental in the creation of all its world championship winning cars of the modern era.
..
Mercedes has duly elected to promote Tortora to become its new director of car design, and Owen will remain on board until the middle of the season to help ensure a smooth transition process. Tortora will report directly into Resta.

After the handover phase is complete, it is understood that Owen is set to take a career break and move onto 'gardening leave' before deciding his next career step.

link
https://i.postimg.cc/yNfDkJrc/imgonline ... MVs-El.jpg

Big change at Mercedes with some very senior engineers leaving the team.
And more or less nobody cares and very little discussion about it.

[lio007]

No Mercedes powered team has turned a shakedown lap of any kind. Nothing to see here. Nothing at all.

That's indeed quite unusual... but there are still a few days left.
There were only reports that Alpine wanted to do a filming day but couldn't because Mercedes wasn't ready.

[haza]

No Mercedes powered team has turned a shakedown lap of any kind. Nothing to see here. Nothing at all.

That's indeed quite unusual... but there are still a few days left.
There were only reports that Alpine wanted to do a filming day but couldn't because Mercedes wasn't ready.

I was at Silverstone yesterday alpines trucks are there an they were getting set up most the day also at the far end of the paddock was what looked like a Mercedes truck with the number 12 on the side

[Lasssept]

Carlos Miquel from CopeGP:

"They tell me that before the Christmas shutdown, a Mercedes engine BLEW UP on the test bench"

https://x.com/Nachez98/status/2013665829917802801

[collindsilva]

Carlos Miquel from CopeGP:

"They tell me that before the Christmas shutdown, a Mercedes engine BLEW UP on the test bench"

https://x.com/Nachez98/status/2013665829917802801

Can be anything, testing to the limit or related to the compression ratio

[WardenOfTheNorth]

Carlos Miquel from CopeGP:

"They tell me that before the Christmas shutdown, a Mercedes engine BLEW UP on the test bench"

https://x.com/Nachez98/status/2013665829917802801

Can be anything, testing to the limit or related to the compression ratio

Exactly. At some point they will want to test it to destruction to know what the warning signs to look out for are.