Mercedes has launched the car Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will drive in this year’s Formula One world championship.
Named the W13, it has been designed to F1’s new technical regulations for 2022 as Mercedes attempts to push its winning streak of eight constructors’ championships to a ninth consecutive year.
After the launch in the morning, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton drove the car at a brief shakedown track session at Silverstone, as the circuit was being battered by heavy winds caused by Storm Eunice.
“We did pretty well during the last big regulatory change into the hybrid era [in 2014] and performed well when we went from the narrow to the wide cars in 2017,” team principal Toto Wolff said. “While we have a good track record, my message is clear: we can’t rely on past success for this year’s performance, but we can…
