Mercedes f1 2021 drivers#

That was the last season Formula 1 ran V8 engines.Ī year later the V6 came into play and Mercedes' record-breaking reign began. The team claimed three race wins that season to finish runner-up to Red Bull Racing. The German was replaced by Lewis Hamilton, a move that at the time shocked many as pundits questioned why he would want to leave McLaren. It was Schumi's last podium before he retired for the second time. 2012 marked Schumacher and Rosberg's final season as team-mates with the seven-time F1 World Champion third at the European GP. The team bagged three podiums and a fourth overall, repeating, at least the P4, a year later.

Mercedes f1 2021 drivers#

Mercedes bought the 2009 championship-winning Brawn GP team and ran German drivers Michael Schumacher, who Niki Lauda persuaded to come out of retirement, and Nico Rosberg. However, after a 50-plus year break as a works team, although they did keep a finger in the pie as a engine manufacturer, the auto company returned in 2010 as a works team. Mercedes contested non-championship events in the 1930s before adding two seasons in the official World Championship in the '50s. Winner of the last eight Constructors' Championships, with seven Drivers' titles in that time, Mercedes are on a roll that many predict will continue into 2022.