W15

Mercedes became the penultimate team to launch for 2024 by revealing their new F1 car with a new livery.

After McLaren showed an online presentation of their 2024 car, Mercedes posted digital renders of the W15 on their social media, with an on track shakedown after.

Mercedes joined McLaren on track at Silverstone for some initial running with their new car before heading off to Bahrain for pre-season testing next week.

The team will be hoping to take a step forward in 2024 in what will be Lewis Hamilton’s final season with the team.
He will again be joined by George Russell as his teammate, with the Brit entering his third campaign as a Silver Arrows driver.

After a difficult 2022 season amid the introduction of the new ground effect era in the sport, Mercedes initially stuck with their car concept entering into 2023.
However, when their issues continued last season, the team started on what they called a “period of renewal”, which should put them in a new direction.

There are no miracles in this sport. But our ambition and determination are strong. Since charting this new course, development has progressed well. We had several items on our priority list for this car. We will soon see if we’ve made the step we’ve aimed for. As the saying goes: when it stings, it sticks. I believe the previous two years were necessary for us to readjust, recalibrate and reinvent ourselves in certain areas.That root-and-branch approach is never easy. But we’ve made progress and look forward to taking the next step with the W15. It won’t be a linear path, but when we stumble, we will get back up and keep climbing.

Toto Wolff on the struggles over the past few years.