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Nico Rosberg drives David Coulthard!

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:40:22 +0000

It is good to know that even seasoned racing drivers are scared during hot laps!

Mercedes-Benz TV with Nico and Michael

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:24:53 +0000

I’m riding with Michael!

You can see more Mercedes-Benz videos at Mercedes-Benz.tv.

Lewis and Jenson Build a Racecar!

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:57:25 +0000

As mechanics, they are great drivers! Just one week until the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Formula One Starts Tonight

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:06:15 +0000

Practice for the first race of the 2011 Formula One season starts tonight in Melbourne! With Mercedes-Benz engines powering 6 cars on the field and with 3 former world champions at the wheel we should have a lot to cheer for.

Among the many rules changes for this season the one that will be the most interesting to see used during a race will be the new movable rear wing. This replaces the movable front wings added to last year’s cars as an attempt to allow for more overtaking. The thing that makes this new rear wing adjustment a real unknown in the actual race are the rules governing when it can be used.

Race control will notify the driver (electronically) that they have the option to move the rear wing to its alternate position when that car is less than one second behind another car (on the same lap). This adjustment will only be available on parts of the track.

So in addition to basically playing a video game at 200 mph on a steering wheel with about 30 buttons, knobs, and displays, drivers will now have to make sure they are close enough going into a corner be allowed to use the rear wing while also shifting and activating the KERS.

This should be an interesting season! For a good Q&A about the new rules with Charlie Whiting check out this post on the Racecar Engineering blog.

Mercedes-Benz Powered Cars Finish 1st, 2nd & 3rd in Chinese Grand Prix

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:33:48 +0000

The 2010 Chinese Grand Prix was a great race to watch. With light rain, no rain and then medium rain the teams’ choices for when to change from dry to wet tires made a huge difference. Pushing through the light rain on dry tires brought Nico Rosberg (Mercedes GP-3rd) and Jenson Button (McLaren Mercedes-1st) to the front while most of the other cars switched to wet weather tires. The rest of the field was able to catch up to them as a result of a few appearances of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Safety Car. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes-2nd) clawed his way up through the field and almost caught Button by the end of the race.

SLS + Shumi + Tunnel = Great Commercial

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:29:00 +0000

Okay, so they edited Shumacher in for the commercial version and I prefer the build up of the original longer form video but it’s still fun.

Happy Holidays!

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:01:00 +0000

That’s a penalty for not leaving the steering wheel with the car…

Michael Schumacher in a Mercedes – The Best Christmas Gift We Could Ask For

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:17:00 +0000

While manufacturers like BMW, Honda, Jaguar, and Toyota have abandoned Formula One, Mercedes has increased their efforts in the world’s most popular form of racing by purchasing the 2009 World Championship Team, Brawn GP, to create Mercedes GP Petronas. With the McLaren team keeping Lewis Hamilton and adding 2009 World Champion Jenson Button it looked like it was going to be an easy decision who to cheer for in March. Now it has been announced that 7 time World Champion Michael Schumacher is coming out of retirement and has signed a 3 year contract to drive for Mercedes GP. Between this and the debut of the new US F1 Team, 2010 is shaping up to be a very interesting season.

Formula One KERS and S400 Hybrid

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:22:00 +0000

7.9 Liters/100Km = 30mpg

McLaren Mercedes Is Back!

Jesse Cannon-Wallace — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:31:00 +0000

It has been a pretty bad year for the Mercedes-Benz factory Formula One team. Until now the only bright spot for Mercedes-Benz fans had been the performance of the Mercedes powered Brawn GP cars. With Lewis Hamilton’s dominating win in Hungary last weekend it looks like McLaren Mercedes is back on top. It’s a little late in the season but it looks like we’ll have a lot more to cheer for in the upcoming races