Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport celebrated its sixth consecutive double

November 7, 2019 JOMA

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport celebrated its sixth consecutive double in style with special events in Brackley and Brixworth.

When Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport embarked on the 2019 Formula One season, it had the amazing opportunity to write F1 history: If the team was to win both the constructors’ and the drivers’ championship again, it would become the first ever to claim six consecutive Formula One double titles.

The hopes of every member of the Mercedes motorsport family were high, but so were the stakes and the pressure. Yesterday, nine months after the 2019 car first turned a wheel at its shakedown at Silverstone, the team came together in Brackley and Brixworth to celebrate its record-breaking double-championship success.

About 1,500 men and women spent months to conceive, design, manufacture, build and improve the Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+ which is now a true, championship-winning Silver Arrow. With two races to go in the 2019 season, the team has secured 14 race victories, nine of them 1-2s, and 695 points.

I remember our first management off-site meeting in 2013 where we put our objectives on the wall –it was the first time we wrote down ‘We want to fight for a championship’. But Aldo Costa said that we should be more ambitious and make it plural – championships. My first thought was that that’s too far-fetched. But we ended up putting it on the wall. And here we are, almost seven years later, having won six double championships. I still pinch myself sometimes because I can’t quite believe it. And this all down to the extremely hard work of this amazing team in Brixworth and Brackley. I feel like a bit of an imposter sometimes because we get to go to the races and take the credit for all the achievements, but it is all of you that make it happen. Thank you very, very much! We’ve achieved something that has never been done before and we’ve done it for Mercedes, one of the best-loved brands in the world – it is something that every single one of you can be extremely proud of.

Toto Wolff

It’s very difficult to find the right words to express my gratitude to all of you for continuing to push every year – it’s thanks to you that I’ve been living my dream, that I’ve been able to succeed and reach this incredible achievement in my life. I’m incredibly proud to be part of this group and I can’t thank you enough for everything that you’ve done. I never in a million years thought I’d get to six. I grew up watching Formula One and I always wanted to do something like Ayrton. If I could get to Formula One, that’d be great; if I could get three titles, that’d be incredible. And now we’ve doubled that – it’s truly unbelievable. I love to see how motivated you all are, that really spurs me on, and I hope you’ve seen some of that in my driving. Valtteri also has done exceptionally well this year and has been an incredible teammate. I’m really proud to work alongside him and I expect him to be a massive challenger next year. We must keep pushing because I know we have more to do – more championships to win, more races to win – and I truly believe that we can do that. A big, big thank you to you all!

Lewis Hamilton

Congratulations from Daimler

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport secured the 2019 FIA Formula One Constructors’ Championship with a double podium at the Japanese Grand Prix in mid-October, with Valtteri Bottas winning and Lewis Hamilton in third place. Three weeks later, Lewis Hamilton clinched his sixth Drivers’ Championship with a P2 finish at the United States Grand Prix behind race winner Valtteri. Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, sent his congratulations to Lewis upon his remarkable achievement. Three weeks earlier, Markus Schäfer, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development, had sent his congratulations to the team. Please find their messages below:

COURTESY OF Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team.