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The 2024 Formula One season is nearly upon us, with preseason testing on Tuesday and the Bahrain Grand Prix slated for March 2. It’s set to be a season of transition for the sport, with 15 of the sport’s 20 drivers out of contract for 2025. The only certainty is F1 will look much different in 2025 than it does today.
In advance of the new season, each of F1’s 10 teams is unveiling its new liveries, driver lineups and branding. We covered Haas, Williams and Kick Sauber and tackled the midfield teams of Alpine, Aston Martin and Visa Cash App RB, so up next are two top teams inextricably linked for the 2024 season: Mercedes and Ferrari.
Team: Mercedes
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) and George Russell (Great Britain)
Last season’s placement: second of 10
After winning eight consecutive constructors’ championships from 2014-21, it’s first or nothing for Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff.
“We have a mountain to climb to get to the front of the field, but we are focused on doing so,” Wolff said, per formulaone.com. “There are no miracles in the sport.”
Mercedes’ recent problems stemmed from poor design choices brought on by F1’s 2022 technical regulation changes. Its vehicle was too close to the ground and lacked rear grip around corners, leading to porpoising, spinouts and disappointing results on the track.
Technical director James Allison called the original car “spiteful” but confirmed Mercedes had made changes in the offseason.
“We saw some things we knew were problems. We hypothesized what the reasons for those problems were and we fixed those reasons,” Allison said, per motorsports.com. “It will be interesting to find out how accurate we’ve been with that diagnosis.”
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