Who is the latest team to announce its challenger for the 2024 F1 season?
Mercedes.
Silver has returned to the Silver Arrow.
The team unveiled the W15 on Wednesday, highlighting a year-long design process that culminated in a redesigned Challenger that was a departure from its predecessor. “Designing any car is an iterative process. And it’s long,” technical director James Allison explained in a statement to the media. SB Nation. “That goes back to last year. The new car allows the team to make big changes that would not be possible during the season. These are decisions that were made the previous summer.”
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According to the team, changes include a new chassis, new gearbox and focus on efficient aerodynamics. The team is also bringing a new approach to the floor to the track with the W15 this season.
“In this generation of cars, much of the performance is determined by the floor’s interaction with the road. A car’s effectiveness is determined by how well its floor can behave aerodynamically,” Alison says. he added. “We feel we have had a good winter, but F1 is a relative game and only time will tell how big a step we have taken. Our focus is on taking advantage, but the regulations are still new and opportunities abound, so we’re excited about the upcoming development race.”
“As the saying goes, when it stings, it stings. I think the last two years have been necessary for us to recalibrate, recalibrate and reinvent in certain areas. Roots and branches approach is never easy. ” said team principal Toto Wolff. “But we are making progress and are looking forward to taking the next step with the W15. It will not be a straight path, but when we stumble we will pick ourselves up and keep climbing.”
Another notable thing about the W15?
Silver.
At a time when more teams are using bare black carbon fiber to save weight, Mercedes has found a way to incorporate more silver into its livery after two seasons in which the Challenger used more bare carbon fiber. . Before the 90th anniversary of “Silver Arrow”, Nickname given to the team in 1934according to legend.
“Performance was always at the forefront of our minds with last year’s black livery,” Wolff said. “Weight is an important factor in the current generation of cars. We knew that once we got to the position to do so, we would bring back Mercedes silver, in addition to black, which is a pillar of the team’s identity. The livery truly reflects who we are as a team, with the distinctive colors of INEOS and PETRONAS providing key highlights.”
The team will take the W15 to Silverstone for a shakedown session later today, before pre-season testing begins in Bahrain next week. How well will Lewis Hamilton’s final season with the team go? We’ll have more details in the next few days.
