Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

The team traces its roots to the racing team Ken Tyrrell built from a shed in Ockham, Surrey, in 1958. It was running Formula One cars by 1968 and began building its own cars in 1970 with the Tyrrell 001.⁠[1]

Jackie Stewart won the drivers’ title in 1969, when Matra-Tyrrell took the constructors’ championship; Tyrrell won both championships in 1971, and Stewart took another drivers’ title in 1973. In 1997 Ken Tyrrell sold the team to British American Tobacco.⁠[1]

The team made its debut as BAR in 1999, based in a new state-of-the-art facility in Brackley. In 2005 British American Tobacco agreed to sell the team to Honda, which assumed full ownership of the Brackley-based team in late 2005. By the end of 2008 Honda’s board announced that it was pulling out of Formula One with immediate effect.⁠[1]

Days before the team would have been shut down, Ross Brawn led a management buyout and the team raced as Brawn GP. In 2009, its first and only season under that name, Jenson Button won the drivers’ championship and Brawn GP won the constructors’ title.⁠[1]

On November 16, 2009 Mercedes-Benz announced that it had acquired a 75.1 per cent stake in Brawn GP, 45.1 per cent held by Daimler and 30 per cent by Aabar Investments, with the remaining shares held by Ross Brawn, Nick Fry and other members; the team was renamed Mercedes Grand Prix, with Ross Brawn remaining team principal. Mercedes said it would continue to supply engines to McLaren until at least 2015 and sell its 40 per cent stake in McLaren back to that team over the following two years.⁠[2]

Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche said: “Mercedes will compete in the F1 world championship next year starting with its own factory team.”⁠[2]

Mercedes created a works team for 2010 and brought Michael Schumacher out of retirement to partner Nico Rosberg. The team scored three podiums in its debut season, all by Rosberg, and in 2012 Rosberg took pole position and victory at the Chinese Grand Prix.⁠[3][1]

In 2013 Mercedes recruited Toto Wolff as executive director and signed Lewis HamiltonLewis HamiltonLewis Hamilton is a British racing driver, seven-time Formula 1 World Drivers’ Champion and Ferrari driver. He also founded Mission 44, a charity supporting opportunities for young people in education and employment.Open the full entry from McLaren to partner Rosberg.⁠[1][3]

The team was prepared for the V6 turbo-hybrid era, and its 2014 W05 Hybrid car proved dominant. From 2014 to 2020 it won seven consecutive double drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, followed by an eighth consecutive constructors’ title in 2021; Nico Rosberg won the drivers’ title in 2016.⁠[4][1]

On December 18, 2020 the team announced that INEOS would become a one-third shareholder, with Daimler, INEOS and Toto Wolff each owning one third; Daimler reduced its 60% stake and Wolff increased his from 30%. INEOS was already the team’s principal partner. Wolff would remain team principal and CEO for a further three years, after which he could move to a new executive role when he chose.⁠[5][6]

INEOS chairman Jim RatcliffeJim RatcliffeJim Ratcliffe (full name James Arthur Ratcliffe) is a British businessman, the founder and chairman of the multinational chemicals group INEOS. In February 2024 he completed a minority investment in the English football club Manchester United, becoming the club’s co-owner, with INEOS delegated responsibility for managing the club’s football operations.Open the full entry said: “This is a unique opportunity to make a financial investment in a team at the very top of its game.”⁠[5]

The 2024 season opened with the announcement that Hamilton would leave for Ferrari at the end of the year. Russell and Hamilton each won two races that season, and the team finished fourth in the constructors’ standings.⁠[3]

In 2025 George Russell took on the team leader role and won twice as Mercedes climbed to second in the constructors’ standings, behind McLaren; rookie Kimi Antonelli finished on the podium three times.⁠[3]

In the 2026 season the team ran the W17 chassis with a Mercedes power unit and drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli. As of November 4, 2026 it led the constructors’ standings with 630 points, with 12 Grand Prix wins, 24 podiums and 12 pole positions that season.⁠[3]

The team is based at Brackley and Brixworth in the United Kingdom, with more than 1,000 people across the two sites. Its management includes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff, managing director Rob Thomas, technical director James Allison and deputy team principal Bradley Lord; its board includes Mercedes-Benz Group AG board members and INEOS-affiliated non-executive directors. PETRONAS is the team’s title partner.⁠[4]

As of November 4, 2026 formula1.com listed the team’s first entry as 1970 and credited it with eight world championships, 134 race wins and 148 pole positions.⁠[3]

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team: Official website: https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[4]

X: Public account: https://x.com/MercedesAMGF1 (opens in a new window).⁠[4]

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