Mercedes first entered Formula One in 1954 and made an immediate impact, with Juan Manuel Fangio winning the Drivers’ Championship in their debut season and again in 1955. The team quickly established itself as a benchmark for performance and engineering excellence.
Following the tragic 1955 Le Mans disaster, in which Mercedes driver Pierre Levegh was involved in a fatal crash that claimed his life and the lives of at least 82 spectators, Mercedes withdrew from motorsport entirely. The manufacturer would not return as a full-time Formula One team for more than three decades, eventually re-entering the sport in 2010 after purchasing the championship-winning Brawn GP outfit.
Mercedes’ modern era of dominance began in 2014 with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg leading the team at the dawn of the turbo-hybrid era. Together, they ushered in one of the most successful periods in Formula One history. After Rosberg retired at the end of the 2016 season, Valtteri Bottas stepped into the seat, continuing the team’s run at the front of the grid.
In 2021, Mercedes claimed its eighth consecutive Constructors’ Championship, a record-breaking achievement. George Russell joined the team in 2022 alongside Hamilton, marking the beginning of a new phase for the squad. Hamilton went on to secure six Drivers’ Championships with Mercedes before departing for Ferrari in 2025, leaving Russell to assume team leadership alongside rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Full name: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team
HQ location: Brackley, United Kingdom
Team principal: Toto Wolff
First team entry: 1954
Drivers Championships: 9
Constructors Championships: 8
