We’re eagerly awaiting the start of the 2020 Formula 1 season, which kicks off in Australia on March 15. To whet our appetite, the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport team has just released images of its latest challenger, the F1 W11 EQ Performance.
No details have been released just yet, but the car appears to be an evolution of last year’s W10, with hallmarks including a conventional front wing design, aerodynamic wing mirror shrouds and a large air box surrounding a triangular crash structure. There are a few notable changes, such as a new nose “cape” design and even tighter sidepod packaging, the inlet now situated above the side impact structure.
The livery has been revised with red accents derived from chemicals producer Ineos, which signed a major five-year sponsorship deal. Elsewhere, the silver and black design is similar to last year’s car, with the Petronas green stripe now a solid one; the array of three-pointed stars at the back of the engine cover now also gets one red star to honour former chairman Niki Lauda, who passed away last May. Eagle-eyed readers will also notice another new sponsor in the form of AMD, which jumped ship from Ferrari.
Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport will field an unchanged lineup of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Both the team and Hamilton are chasing their seventh titles this year, before an overhaul of the current regulations takes effect in 2021. What do you think of the new car and livery?
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Subject. Either ‘seventh title’ or ‘seven titles’. Not seventh titles.
Proton fanboys now claim their X70 got Mercedes AMG technology cause Geely owns 10% of Mercedes AG
I cannot stop laughing.
Later once Geely buy Aston Martin, don’t know what they will say….Proton got Aston Martin engine wor
According to someone, since X70 has Volvo engine and Volvo gearbox, it is 99% a Volvo but owners are just paying Proton prices to own a Volvo. What a great deal!
Even Volvo Malaysia never brought DCT into Malaysia because they knew it could not handle Malaysian heat.
But Proton has done opposite.
Who got more brains? Volvo or Proton?
Oh it is so smooth, the gear change is so seamless, all the mechanical parts and internal components working harmoniously together. Bathing, wet showered with 15 litres of OIL pump-in per minute to dissipate the heat.Received ‘One of 10 world best Transmission’ Award in 2018-2019
Proton of course! They brought in a car which now uses the same gearbox as 2018 World COTY XC40, but you don’t pay the price premium of a Volvo. That is value for money.
Syiok sendiri syndrome never fails to amaze me
And it amazes me you still haven’t realise that fact yourself.
As long as there are 3 POINTED STARs in Silver color it will looks beautiful and classy!!!
Should be called black arrow instead of silver arrow now