Base Team: Brackley (UK)Address:
Mercedes Grand Prix Ltd.
Operations Centre
Brackley Northants
NN13 7BD
United Kingdom
Structure of the team:
Pilots:
- Lewis Hamilton
- Nico Rosberg
Test pilots:
- Pascal Verlaine
Team boss: Toto Wolff and Paddy Lowe
General manager Ron Meadows
Technical director Paddy Lowe
Chief designer: Loi Bigois
Head of the department "Aerodynamics" John Owen
Chassis: MGP W06 - carbon made by Mercedes Transmission: Semi - 8 speeds Okawa: Showa Weight: 702 kg. Cooling Water / oil Brakes: Brembo Oil: Eneos Fuel: Eneos Wheels: BBS Tyres: Pirel
Engine: Mercedes-Benz V6 PU106B - 90 degrees, 1,600 cubic / cm engine block: Aluminum cylinder heads: Aluminium Crankshaft: Steel Speed: Limited to 15 000 rev / min. Gorvina system: Direct injection Power: 600 hp + 160 hp EWC Weight: 145 kg
Debut in F1: 1954 Grand Prix of France (Reims)
Finished events: 112First win: 1954 Grand Prix of France (Reims)
Best Grand Prix ranking: 1
Podiums: 37
Poles: 30
First pole position: 04/07/1954, the Grand Prix of France (Reims)
Best starting position: 1
Fastest laps: 19
Drivers titles: 3
Constructors titles: 1
Best final ranking in the league: 1
First point / s: 04/07/1954, the Grand Prix of France (Reims) - 1 place
Budget: € 180 million
Employees: 420
Official website: www.mercedesamgf1.com
The information below applies to the transformation of the team in recent years:
Legendary team owner of Tyrrell - Ken Tyrell Sales team with its name in 1997 to the British American Tobacco. Team boss Craig Pollock became and Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta were two pilots. British American Racing or BAR team stands on start for the first time in 1999, later the team is fully redeemed by Honda as the tobacco giant withdrew from Formula 1.
The first racing year - 1999, turned into disappointment as BAR 001 failed to score a single point. For next year, Pollock a deal with Honda to become suppliers of engines for BAR cars. This cooperation over time was so important that in 2006 the team passed into the hands of Honda. In the first year with Honda potragne things well. Villeneuve presents a good level, and Zonta becomes stronger towards the end of the season. Good performance of Brazilian's come a little late, as BAR has already found a replacement in 2001 in the face of Olivier Panis, as the team hopes to him and Villeneuve to climb in the Drivers' standings. This does not happen by BAR even lost his fifth place and left behind Jordan. Villeneuve quickly expressed his disappointment sharing that is not at all impressed with the car and that need drastic improvements in 2002.
Dismissal of his friend and manager Craig Pollock shortly before the presentation of the new car, however, questioned the long-term cooperation between Villeneuve and the team. David Richars takes the place of Pollock with the ambition to climb to the top team. Villeneuve left BAR in 2003, which this year is the only team using Honda engines. In the last season of his five-year contract Villeneuve is teammate Jenson Button and was forced to admit that it was a co-pilot of the team. Throughout the season, which began with a few more harsh words between the two teammates, Button was faster than Villeneuve. So cooperation between Villeneuve and BAR comes to its inevitable end, after he was released neopsredstveno before the last race of the season - in Japan, and was replaced by Takuma Sato.
Season 2004 became the year that turns from srednyashki BAR team in team capable of fighting for the title. Button and Sato earn 119 points and send the team in second place in the constructors. Button leads to four second places, and "Indianapolis" Sato for the first time in his career enters the troika. Total team boarded 11 times on the podium 24 times and get to the point.
In 2005 the team left David Richards as probable cause are few public debate, which he leads with Button on the occasion of his desire to leave BAR towards Williams. Richards manages to keep Button, but he was replaced by Nick Fry. On the track, Button and Sato have quite a weak start of the season, in the first three races BAR did not win any point. On "Imola" things are getting worse, having found that BAR The car is too light, the team is disqualified of the race for the Grand Prix of San Marino and gets ban to start in the next two races. Until the tenth race BAR point of no account. Meanwhile, Honda now owns 45% of the team by the end of the season should become the owner of 100%. In the race for the Grand Prix of France Button finally brings point the team in the remaining competitions British driver continues to gain points. Because of the poor performance of the team however Sato remains in sixth place in the constructors' championship. In 2006 he joined the team to Rubens Barrichello, who replaced completed as Super Aguri Takuma Sato. The season for Honda is not impressive, although Button's victory in Hungary shows that the team can fight for first place in the competition. Barrichello has trouble getting used to the car in the first half of the season, complaining that the RA106 does not correspond to his style of riding. Button won the first points in the first 12 races, but his last six races of the season brought him 35 points. This year Barrichello reaches 30 points and 86 points total Honda ended the year in fourth place in the constructors. 2007 season was one of the worst for the team in recent years. After a strong fourth place in the constructors in 2006, the team started the season with big ambitions, but at the end of the year has to account only six points, which puts him eighth place in the constructors
All these are the work of Jenson Button, who won one point in races in France and Italy and four for fifth place in the race for the Grand Prix of China. The other pilot Honda's Rubens Barrichello remains without a point and thus the last place in the Drivers' standings.
In 2009, we are witnessing a new name in the grid. This is BraunGP. After Honda decided to withdraw from the sport in director Ross Brawn took matters into their own hands and redeem shares of the team. And only a few days before the last test in Barcelona. The new BGP 001 car is powered by a Mercedes engine and is created from scratch after a horrific car the Japanese RA108. Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button are also available in the new format and are ready to astonished the world.
The dreams come true. If you do not believe it ask the guys from Brown GP. Brown came at the last moment to the grid in Australia, after all winter fate of the former Honda team was unclear after the Japanese withdrew from Formula 1. Although the situation seemed hopeless, Ross Brawn showed the world that anything is possible. The team won the Constructors' title and became champion Jenson Button. It all started with a double victory in Australia, where Jenson was imperative. It should not be denied the great advantage with double diffusers.
In Malaysia Button was again first. Boys Red Bull retaliated with a double victory in China. But then Button won four races in a row and thus secured almost entirely title. After Turkey, he failed to win another race. Barrichello, however, failed. Rubens ensure the title of Brown's two victories in Valencia and Italy. However, the Brazilian is ranked third behind Button and Vettel. Jenson won the trophy still in Brazil.
The duo Schumacher - Brown and the presence of talented driver Nico Rosberg, and the millions of Mercedes, had to be a recipe for absolute success. Unfortunately things have not proved so rosy. More in Bahrain saw that the new Mercedes W01 has problems and can not fight for higher positions. Schumacher gave consistently mediocre results and was often overtaken by his younger teammate. The best achievement of the legendary German proved to fourth place in Spain and Korea. Rosberg in turn managed to get on the podium a few times and generally dominate Schumacher. Ross Brown seems to have learned from the errors W01 and is hopeful that the W02 will perform significantly better and will be able to win races. At the same hope and Schumacher and Rosberg, who are thirsty for victories. Of pre-season tests, the new Mercedes performed well, but only in Australia will be able to see what he is capable new car under the management of Nico and Michael
Year, consecutive fourth place in 2011. So the most accurate to determine the season of Mercedes. This was the second year in F1 and expected problems from last season to be overcome. Unfortunately, Ross Brawn and company failed to prepare a serious car. Numerous technological innovations in one place is not paid off, but on the contrary - Mercedes made even weaker. Schumacher and Rosberg failed to even reach the podium - something which Nico achieved twice in 2010. Nerves bosses at Daimler, they probably are already stretched and Ross Brawn is quite aware of the fact that this is the season 2012, in which Mercedes has to make a step forward. To ensure this, the team was supported by a serious invasion of specialists such as Bob Bell, Geoff Willis and Aldo Costa. The car W03 promises to be better and more seamless than their predecessors. It only remains to see how it will combine all of the track.
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