The Mercedes-Benz AMG Method 1 staff on Wednesday unveiled its contender for the 2024 season, the W15 E Efficiency.

The automobile would be the ultimate Mercedes F1 automobile pushed by Lewis Hamilton earlier than the seven-time world champion makes the swap to Ferrari in 2025. Hamilton will drive alongside George Russell as soon as once more, with Mick Schumacher and Fred Vesti serving as reserve drivers. Toto Wolff, one of many staff’s primary shareholders, stays staff principal.

Excessive hopes journey on the W15 as Mercedes hasn’t delivered a aggressive automobile because the 2021 season. The W15 has been significantly altered from final yr’s W14, regardless of the design guidelines largely carrying over unchanged.

There is a new chassis, a brand new transmission casing, and new underbody aerodynamics, in addition to modifications made to enhance what Mercedes describes as an “unpredictable rear axle” on the earlier automobile. Some silver returns to the automobile’s livery, although many areas maintain the uncovered carbon-fiber look that dominated the earlier automobile, a transfer made to save lots of weight by skipping paint.

2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG W15 E Efficiency Method 1 race automobile

The principles for energy unit designs are mounted throughout all groups in an effort to permit them to put money into improvement of energy items to fulfill new design guidelines being launched in 2026. Some modifications can nonetheless be made throughout the current rules, although, significantly relating to enhancing reliability, one thing that shall be significantly essential this season given the report 24 races on the calendar.

Mercedes makes use of its personal energy unit, which in keeping with the foundations consists of a turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6 working together with two motor-generators, one on the driveline and one other built-in with the turbo. Peak output is within the neighborhood of 1,000 hp. Mercedes additionally provides energy items to Aston Martin, McLaren, and Williams.

The W15 is because of make its preliminary shakedown run on the Silverstone Circuit within the U.Ok. on Wednesday. It’ll then head to the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit for pre-season testing Feb. 21-23. The primary race of the brand new season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, will happen on the similar circuit on March 2.