Mercedes

Current drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg sample a pair of Mercedes W196s

Active years: 1954-1955, 2010-
Previous identities: BAR
(1999-2005), Honda (2006-2008),
Brawn (2009)

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History

Mercedes can trace its motor racing involvement back to the pioneering days of the original Grands Prix at the start of the 20th century. In the years leading up to World War Two the German government pumped money into Mercedes and rivals Auto Union to build the most technically advanced racing machines the world had seen.

After the war it wasn’t until the mid-fifties that German teams were allowed to compete again. When Mercedes returned it picked up where it had left off. Juan Manuel Fangio moved to the team from Maserati part way through 1954 and won the world title.

Fangio won a second title when joined by Stirling Moss in 1955. But the team’s sports car effort was withdrawn from the Le Mans 24 Hours that year after one of its drivers, Pierre Levegh, crashed into the crowd. Levegh and over 80 spectators were killed. Mercedes withdrew from all motor racing competition and did not return until the 1980s.

It wasn’t until 1993 that the Mercedes name was seen again in F1, as an engine supplier to Sauber. It switched teams to McLaren and won championships with them in 1998, 1999 and 2008.

A last-minute deal to supply the Brawn team with engines in 2009 led to wins in both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships. It also paved the way for Mercedes to return to the sport as a full constructor in 2010 after it took over the team.

Results

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Championship position																																																									4	4
Points																																																									214	165
Wins	4	5																																																							0	0
Pole positions	4	4																																																							0	0

Drivers

Complete list of Mercedes F1 drivers

Headquarters

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Major team personnel

Team principal: Ross Brawn
Vice president of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport: Norbert Haug
Managing director of Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines: Thomas Fuhr
Chief executive officer: Nick Fry
Technical director: Bob Bell
Engineering director: Aldo Costa
Technology director: Geoff Willis
Head of vehicle engineering and dynamics: Craig Wilson
Head of aerodynamic: Loic Bigois
Sporting director: Ron Meadows
Chief mechanic: Matthew Deane
Chief race engineer: Andrew Shovlin
Chief track engineer: Simon Cole
Chief engineer: Russell Cooley
Performance engineer: Jock Clear
Race engineer (Michael Schumacher): Peter Bonnington
Race engineer (Nico Rosberg): Tony Ross