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Welcome to The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team Hub

The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is the works team of Mercedes-Benz, competing at the pinnacle of motorsport – the FIA Formula One™ World Championship.

Formula One is like nothing else in the sporting sphere. It’s a demanding technical and human challenge, combining cutting-edge technologies and innovation, high-performance management and elite teamwork. At the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars driven by seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and young star George Russell.

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The facts

A modern-day F1 steering wheel includes 16 buttons, nine rotary switches, shift and clutch paddles and a variety of menu controls.

Stripping the paint off an F1 car’s body and respraying it can take over 100 hours of work.

Building an F1 car from scratch, including all the sub-assemblies, takes around one week to complete.

An F1 car is made up of over 10,000 individual parts.

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Our videos (9)

My Job in F1: Ingrid | Senior Simulation Engineer

Celebrating National Inclusion Week

My Job in F1: Dom | Race Support Team Leader and Test Engineer

Race Support Room

Ed – An insight into an Industrial Placement in Vehicle Dynamics

Hannah – An insight into an Industrial Placement in Car Build

Ling – An insight into Aerodynamics

Rutger – An insight into an Industrial Placement in Dyno

Sophia – An insight into a Graduate in Electronics

Emma

Aerodynamics Performance Engineer

"The thing I love most about my job is that no two days are the same. Every single race weekend throws up different problems and tasks that need doing."

Laura

Aerodynamics

"Being a placement student enables you to work with and learn from some of the most experienced and able engineers."