Mercedes-Benz has a storied and extremely successful track record in autosports, and alongside incredible performance, its cars have driven with style.
Mercedes-Benz is perhaps best known in the racing world for its dominance over Formula 1 teams in recent years. Led by the exhilarating Louis Hamilton, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas racing outfit won the Constructors’ Cup eight years in a row (between 2014 and 2021).
Currently, the Formula 1 team is led by Toto Wolff, and staffed in the cars by Hamilton and his teammate George Russell. The modern F1 chassis is the W14 model, and the modern works team itself has been participating in the Formula 1 field since 2010 — and first raced in the sport in 1970.
Mercedes-Benz was an early entrant into the world of autosports, participating in the 1894 Paris-Rouen race (the world’s first automobile racing event), and was heavily involved in Grand Prix racing of the 1920s. Racing liveries have been a big part of the Mercedes story.
From the early iterations of the manufacturer’s “Silver Arrows,” through to modern Formula 1 speed, Mercedes-Benz has turned heads with classic and beautiful paint jobs alongside the vehicles underneath. These are the five best liveries that have adorned Mercedes-Benz racers throughout the years.2014 Formula 1 silver W05
In 2014, the Mercedes Formula 1 vessel was built with the turbocharger split into two separate components. The turbine and compressor were rent apart in order to deliver an immense performance boost to the team’s drivers. The design meant that the car’s chassis could be constructed with smaller side pods, and a minimized cooling system, leading to better aerodynamic driving and an improved center of gravity.
Coupled with this engineering innovation was an equally stunning exterior. The W05 debuted in 2014 was clad in spectacular silver. From nose to tail, the car is draped in silver, recalling the Silver Arrow livery design that put Mercedes racing on the map all those years ago.
To complement the color scheme, the car is peppered with a few logos across the chassis — notably a pair of BlackBerry icons along the sides ahead of the driver (and on the top in some races as well), Petronas imagery on the side pods, and a few Mercedes-Benz logos in behind the driver. The side pods are completed with a flash of teal that seems to emanate up from the base of the vehicle, as if it were flame rising up from underneath the chassis.
