Reigning champions Mercedes launched their Formula 1 challenger in a virtual event on Tuesday as Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Team Principal Toto Wolff introduced the car built with the aim of clinching an eighth constructors' championship for the Silver Arrows.
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Formula One world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton has finally signed a new one-year deal with Mercedes for the 2021 season.
The news was confirmed by the all-conquering team this morning after months of deliberation and delay, and with just over a month before pre-season testing gets underway.
It is believed that Hamilton, who was knighted in the New Year honours, was compelled to compromise on his original pay demands of £40million a year given the financial climate and his lack of alternative seats.
Hamilton became the sport s most successful driver ever last year after breaking Michael Schumacher s all-time win record and drawing level with the German s achievement of seven titles. He has won 74 of his 95 race wins with the Brackley squad.
Red Bull Racing Formula One Team Principal CHRISTIAN HORNER is a man on a mission…
In November of 2004 an upstart Red Bull at the time mainly known for an effervescent energy drink spreading like wildfire across the globe bought the struggling Jaguar Formula 1 Team. Eager to throw their silver can into the pinnacle of motorsports, Red Bull Racing was born. Only a couple of months later RBR tapped a relative unknown named Christian Horner to run its team, making the 31-year-old the youngest Team Principal in the sport’s history. While the stodgy world of Formula One snickered at the idea that a fizzy drinks company could come and compete with the old school giants of Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and company, RBR and Horner believed they could change the world. They notched their first podium in only their second year, capped off with a naked Horner famously leaping into the Red Bull pool with only a Superman cape to cover his assets.