The Mercedes Method 1 workforce unveiled the livery of the W17 on Thursday 22 January on social media, however it should additionally maintain a launch occasion on Monday 2 February.
When is the Mercedes 2026 F1 launch occasion?
Monday 2 February
Native time: 11:30 GMTCET: 12:30PST: 03:30EST: 06:30JST: 20:30CST (China): 19:30
The right way to watch the Mercedes 2026 F1 launch occasion
The Mercedes 2026 F1 launch occasion will likely be streamed on the workforce’s web site. There may also be behind-the-scenes footage launched through the Brackley outfit’s social media channels.
Who will likely be on the Mercedes 2026 F1 launch occasion?
Each drivers, George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, will likely be current on the launch occasion on 2 February alongside CEO and workforce principal Toto Wolff. There will likely be a panel dialogue with the drivers, Wolff and reserve driver Fred Vesti.
Senior members of the technical management workforce are additionally set to be current to stroll by the 2026 regulation modifications, and there will likely be a deep dive into the brand new sustainable fuels with Mercedes’ title and technical accomplice, PETRONAS, as nicely.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Picture by: Mercedes AMG
Mercedes personal testing
Mercedes concluded its third and remaining day of personal testing in Barcelona on Thursday 29 January.
“From a reliability perspective, it’s been a superb week for us,” Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin stated in a press launch. “The automotive has enabled us to run the programme precisely as we needed every of the three days and that’s what we hoped for coming right here to Barcelona.
“It’s a large testomony to the arduous work of everybody at Brackley and Brixworth in bringing this automotive to life. We’ve additionally made good progress with among the challenges we noticed on days one and two and that’s pleasing.
“That stated, in Barcelona we have now solely actually been centered on proving out the W17. In Bahrain, we’ll change to set-up exploration which you’ll’t do right here when it’s so chilly. That may give us a a lot better thought of the automotive’s relative skills as we progress in direction of the 2026 season.”
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