The Latest Breaking News from Mercedes

Having set the pace in both practice sessions on Friday and also taken pole position in the opening qualifying of the weekend, Engel was again untouchable in his Landgraf Mercedes as he scored an emphatic six-second win over reigning champion Sheldon van der Linde.

Having already topped the two practice sessions on Friday, Engel was also unbeaten in the 20-minute pole shootout on Saturday morning as he clinched the top spot with a time of 1m32.585s in his Landgraf Mercedes AMG GT3.

Mercedes driver George Russell has hit out at a potential new rule set to be introduced into Formula One after team-mate Lewis Hamilton also expressed his worry over the alteration

As part of what sources have suggested is a ramped-up effort by motor racing’s governing body to ensure compliance with the cost cap rules, it has now stepped in regarding the use of special project divisions outside of F1 teams that some suspected were being used to help find performance…

Past F1 Safety Cars included the Lamborghini Countach, Ford Escort Cosworth, Renault Clio, and Fiat Tempra.

Mercedes have won just one race since F1 introduced major rule changes last season, but team principal Toto Wolff is exploring radical ways the Silver Arrows can return to the top

Thomas Waring accepts his phone was at the scene where the stolen car was destroyed - but claims he was not there

The current car makes 831 horsepower from its electrified V8 engine.

Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher will take centre stage at the Goodwood Festival of Speed next month, where he will drive the W02 car Michael Schumacher used