Mercedes-AMG Unveils W15 Formula 1 Car Rocking Dual-Tone Silver and Black Like a Champ.
One visible difference between the W15 and its predecessor is the new livery, which helps mark the 90th anniversary of the Silver Arrows.
Published: 14 Feb 2024, 11:11 UTC
Sergiu Tudose
autoevolution

There are two types of No Man’s Land scenarios in Formula 1. The first is when you’re not quite the worst team on the grid, but you’re hardly good enough to keep with the midfield. The other is where Mercedes have been for these past few years – good enough to score podiums, but not to win races.

The German outfit’s weapon of choice for the 2024 F1 season is dubbed the W15 E Performance, and it features a new chassis, new gearbox casing, a more “predictable” rear axle design, and better DRS efficiency. The team worked hard to ensure that the rear axle in particular retains better control of the tires than on the W14.

Still, the magic happens underneath, as explained by technical director James Allison: “With this current generation of cars, so much of the performance comes from how the floor interacts with the road. Whether or not a car is effective is down to how well that floor is permitted to behave aerodynamically.”

‘Mercedes-AMG Unveils W15 Formula 1 Car’;

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Everything that's changed on Mercedes' revamped W15 F1 car
Explaining the changes Mercedes have made to their 2024 F1 car.
14 Feb 2024
Lewis Larkam
Crash.Net

Mercedes have made some sizeable alterations to their long-awaited 2024 F1 car which was presented to the world on Wednesday. Mercedes have redesigned the chassis and gearbox casing on the W15, something that was not possible during the 2023 season due to the constraints of the F1 cost cap.

“A new chassis and a gearbox were standard for every year, pre-cost cap. And there'll be several other teams who have done both things in a single year,” Allison explained. “But the cost cap does force you to pick and choose your battles, and there's no doubt that having a new outer casing as well as at the same time as having a new chassis are two big projects that are going to take a chunk of our available firepower.”

“That is what we have done this year. It does mean that in other parts of the car we have not tried to reinvent the wheel. But it has allowed us to undertake a couple of big projects without breaking the bank and we believe that this is a good and important use of our efforts.”

‘Sizeable alterations’;

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Mercedes unveils W15
The Mercedes Formula 1 team showed its 2024 challenger before testing in Bahrain next week.
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
GrandPrix.com

Team principal Toto Wolff said, “We know we have a mountain to climb to fight at the very front. There are no miracles in this sport. But our ambition and determination are strong. Since charting this new course, development has progressed well. We had several items on our priority list for this car. We will soon see if we've made the step we've aimed for.”

Technical Director James Allison said, “The design of any car is an iterative process. And a long one at that. It stretches back to last year. A new car enables the team to make bigger alterations that are not possible during the season. These are decisions that are taken during the preceding summer.”

We feel like we have had a good winter, but F1 is a relative game and only time will tell how big a step we've made. We're focused on getting the most from the car we launch, but we are excited by the development race that will follow as the regulations are still young and opportunities abound,”

‘Design of any car is an iterative process’;

https://www.grandprix.com/news/merce...veils-w15.html


Wolff: Mercedes has 'mountain to climb' to win again in F1
14 February 11:46AM
Author Fergal Walsh
RacingNews365

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has stated that his squad has a “mountain to climb” in order to return to the front of the Formula 1 grid. Previewing his team's year ahead, Wolff said: “I am excited that we’re about to go racing again and, of course, curious and excited to see how the car will perform. I think we will get an early indication of whether we have solved some of the inherent problems that we had on the chassis side last year. We have a mountain to climb to get to the front of the field, but we are focused on doing so.”

While it hopes to maintain its position over its rivals, Wolff highlighted his desire to close the gap to Red Bull following its dominant campaign last season. “Formula 1 is a constant relative competition against the other teams,” he said. “You can have a great car, but if you're running around in circles alone, you will never know if it’s the best.”

“We were in a tough fight last season with Ferrari and McLaren, at times Aston Martin, with a big gap between Red Bull and the rest. I would hope we are in the chasing pack at the beginning of the season and hopefully a step closer to Red Bull.”

'Mountain to climb';

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Mercedes unveil eagerly-anticipated, overhauled W15 F1 car
Mercedes' eagerly-anticipated W15 challenger has been launched ahead of the new F1 season.
14 Feb 2024
Lewis Larkam

Mercedes have revealed their eagerly-anticipated 2024 F1 challenger, the W15. The W15 - which will be driven by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell - represents a drastic change to its predecessor, the W14, which was effectively an evolution of Mercedes’ troubled 2022 machine.

"The design of any car is an iterative process. And a long one at that," Mercedes technical director James Allison explained. "It stretches back to last year. A new car enables the team to make bigger alterations that are not possible during the season. These are decisions that are taken during the preceding summer.”

Hamilton and Russell will shakedown the new W15 today at Silverstone. Whether the changes will be enough to bring Mercedes on a level par with Red Bull, who have dominated the last two F1 campaigns, remains to be seen.

‘Eagerly-anticipated, overhauled W15 F1 car’;

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