New Formula 1 fans might think that the Mercedes team only got into the sport in the last ten years. But the history of the Silver Arrows goes back much, much further …
So far that Mercedes-Benz celebrated 125 years of motorsport involvement in 2019 – while Mercedes was enormously successful in pre-war Grand Prix racing before the opening of the 1950 F1 World Championship, with their cars made by heroes of the time such as Dick Seaman and Rudolf Caracciola.
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In 1954, Mercedes entered the world championship for the first time as a designer. The Silver Arrows won two drivers ‘titles on the jump with Juan Manuel Fangio and their glorious W196, only to spoil Mercedes’ appetite for motorsport with the 1955 Le Mans disaster and cause them to pull out of F1.
A return as an engine supplier in the 1990s, first at Sauber, then more fruitfully at McLaren, paved the way for a complete factory comeback in 2010 – and no other team has won the driver or designer title since 2014. Yes, when Mercedes get into a championship they like to do things right …
Enjoy the video above as we dive back into the fascinating origins of today’s Mercedes team.
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