Mercedes shows 2021 F1 racecar, renewed focus on production tech transfer

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The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team unveiled its 2021 racecar, as the W12 E Performance with considerable aerodynamic changes; greater sustainability efforts, and tighter integration among Mercedes-AMG, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, and Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains. Earlier this week the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team revealed its challenger for the 2021 season, which gets underway in Australia in mid-March. Officially called the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance, the Formula One racecar was shown in the new race bays at the team’s Brackley, England, technical center, officially opening a facility that has been 18 months in the making.

It is the team’s first car to use the E Performance designation, signifying its closer alignment with the Mercedes-AMG production-car performance division in the future. More on that later. That technology label will be used in product names and badges on all forthcoming Mercedes-AMG performance hybrid cars, which feature a direct cascade of technology from F1 and the work of Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) in Brixworth, England.

In many ways, the F1 racing series has been at the forefront of electrification through its strong hybridization program since 2014. That year saw the most significant rule changes in F1 history, with normally aspirated, 2.4-L V8 engines being replaced by “power units” incorporating 1.6-L turbocharged V6 engines and hybrid
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