Although the season ended less than a month ago, Mercedes is already making fans dream of another successful campaign in 2022. The Silver Arrows recently teased their fans with their new W13 rocket ship for the coming season.
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In a second such incident within a week, the German team posted another look at the new car on their social media. Only this time it was a photo instead of a video.
And instead of a fragmentary view of the car, this one had the whole car, but with a catch. The thing is, Mercedes posted the picture of the new car, but it was “in the shade”.
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And although some clever fans tried to get a “clearer” look at the car by manipulating the technical characteristics of the image, all they could see was a 2022 mule F1 car with a few Mercedes logos on it.
So it’s safe to say that the video was a much clearer reference to the new car, or at least what it will sound like.
Shortly before Christmas, Mercedes had posted a video in which they started the engine of the 2022 car and revved it up. This immediately went viral when fans and experts wondered how to start the engine this early in the off-season.
Typically, teams start the engines in mid-February. Many speculated that it could be a PU by late 2021 or a prototype by early 2022. But as it turned out, it was actually the real deal.
Fans react to the latest tweet from the Silver Arrows
So this is the car that Hamilton takes his 8th championship in
– Burak (@ bur4k_08) January 1, 2022
Crown it already, it’s the 8th title-winning car
– n (@ justlewis44) January 1, 2022
Merc are so confident they show off so early
– Stotty © (@ Stoty2910) January 1, 2022
Mercedes F1 will switch to the classic look in 2022
After racing in black for the past two seasons, the Silver Arrows will return to the iconic color that gives them their name. According to a report by Bild, Mercedes will again be on the grid with silver-colored cars in 2022.
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At the beginning of this season, Lewis Hamilton had also embraced the idea of going silver again. He said, “When it goes back it will be a nice change.”
MONTMELO, SPAIN – FEBRUARY 20: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain drives the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W10 on day three of F1 winter testing at Circuit de Catalunya on February 20, 2019 in Montmelo, Spain. (Photo by Dan Istitene / Getty Images)
And that’s another reason W13’s most recent photo was just kidding for fans; just because it’s black.
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It seems like fans will have to wait a few more weeks to finally get a full, high-resolution inside-out look of the new Mercedes F1 car.
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