The reigning world champion team Mercedes has confirmed the reveal date for the brand-new 2022 car with which the Anglo-German squad hopes to continue its unprecedented run of eight consecutive constructors’ world championships.
Teams have just started to announce their plans regarding the presentation of their 2022 F1 cars. As things stand, the Silverstone-based Aston Martin will be the first team to unveil its new car for 2022 on February 10, with McLaren and Ferrari introducing their respective challengers on February 11 and February 17.
Mercedes has confirmed that it will reveal their W13 Formula 1 car on February 18 in an online event from Silverstone. Following the presentation, the new car, the W13 will make its track debut at Silverstone to complete a few installation laps. The Woking-based outfit will then head to Barcelona, Spain where the first pre-season testing takes place between February 23-25.
The team hopes to extend its record with a ninth consecutive title this season with a new driver pairing that will see George Russell compete alongside Lewis Hamilton.
18/2/22. 🗓️ Meet the Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 E Performance 🤩 pic.twitter.com/uv6oCGmNHh
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) January 18, 2022