Mercedes unveils new 2024 F1 car, the W15, at Silverstone

Mercedes’s automotive is because of be given its observe debut on the quick worldwide model of the circuit, with Hamilton and his team-mate George Russell each making transient appearances on what’s classed as a 15km demo day.

The primary correct working will probably be within the type of a 200km filming day in Bahrain on Tuesday, on the eve of the beginning of official testing.

This yr’s automotive is vastly important for the Brackley group after two disappointing years because the begin of the present excessive downforce laws period in 2022.

The W13 struggled badly with bouncing and porpoising, and whereas Russell scored a victory at Interlagos, the group slipped to 3rd within the constructors’ championship.

Final yr’s W14 didn’t symbolize the hope for step and underwent a serious revamp after just some races.

It didn’t log a win in a season dominated by Pink Bull and the group scored fewer factors than the earlier yr, though it did transfer forward of Ferrari to say second within the championship.

The group underwent a restructuring in April, with Mike Elliott transferring to the position of chief technical officer and James Allison swapping roles and returning to frontline motion as technical director. Elliott subsequently left the group in October.

Mercedes F1 W15

Photograph by: Mercedes AMG

The W15 is thus the primary automotive designed and developed on Allison’s watch, and it represents a serious change from its predecessor because the group makes an attempt to shut the hole to pacesetters Pink Bull.

“We’re altering the idea,” group principal Toto Wolff famous lately. “We’re utterly transferring away from how we laid out the chassis, the load distribution, the airflow.

“Actually there’s nearly each part being modified as a result of solely by doing that, I believe we have now an opportunity.

“We may get it mistaken additionally. So between not gaining what we anticipate, to catching up and making a giant step, and competing on the entrance, something is feasible.”

McLaren can also be giving its new MCL38 its maiden run at Silverstone on Wednesday, though the groups are utilizing completely different variations of the observe.