Gallery: All Angles Of Mercedes's Newly Revealed 2024 Challenger - W15

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 at 11:23

Mercedes just unveiled the W15, the challenger for the 2024 season. Here is a first look at the car with which the German team hopes to fight for the Championship.

Mercedes is one of the last teams on the grid to reveal their car officially. We have previously seen all the teams (at least liveries) except for Red Bull (which is supposed to launch tomorrow, 15th February) and Mercedes.

Silver Arrows fell behind expectations during the last two seasons by not having a car that would allow their drivers to go toe-to-toe with Red Bull's RB18 and RB19.

Red Bull has a clear advantage over the German team going into 2024 as Mercedes couldn't match their pace even at the end of 2023.

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The next big opportunity for the Brackley team to compete for the championship would be in 2026, when new regulations enter the sport, and everyone will have to start again with a blank sheet of paper.

However, Mercedes's ambition isn't just to follow the dominant team for the rest of the two upcoming seasons. Consequently, the German team decided to pursue a slightly riskier strategy.

As mentioned multiple times throughout the winter break by the team principal, Toto Wolff, his team planned to change every single component of the car.

After a few months of intense work behind the closed doors of the factory in Brackley, Mercedes finally unveiled their all-new W15 - 2024 challenger today.

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What even Fernando Alonso looks forward to is watching the dynamics between Mercedes and their star driver, Lewis Hamilton, who has already announced he will be leaving at the end of the upcoming season.

The unusual timing of the announcement might cause a few troubles inside the team. For example, how much data should be shared with the seven-time World Champion, what will be the team morale, and how will the team's marketing approach change?

Combine that with the possibility of the Mercedes having a title-contending car, and we have a super exciting, unpredictable season to look forward to.