Fred Vesti hopped into the W16 for FP1 in Bahrain - and now it's time to join our Reserve Driver as he talks through the experience, from seat fit through to his... read more »

Mercedes' primary focus is on nailing the 2026 regulations, but it will continue to develop the W16 for some time. read more »

Mercedes unsure what the root cause behind George Russell's W16 electrical troubles was. read more »

Mercedes' test and reserve driver Fred Vesti will get behind the wheel of W16 in the opening practice at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, replacing George Russell. read more »

Frederik Vesti will take part in opening practice with Mercedes at Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix, driving George Russell's W16.Vesti, the 2019 Formula Regional... read more »

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has disclosed that he made a breakthrough at the Japanese GP that has heightened his confidence with Mercedes' 2025 F1 car. The post Kimi Antonelli... read more »

McLaren's pace advantage over Mercedes is a hurdle to clear without the distraction of fixing handling issues with Mercedes' W16... read more »

"The W16 has proved a stable and consistent platform so far, and a car that the drivers feel confident in." read more »

Mercedes have started the season strongly, but are looking to bring more performance to the W16. read more »

Charles Leclerc explained what he meant after referring to the Mercedes W16 as a "dragster". read more »

Toto Wolff hailed the "maturity" Andrea Kimi Antonelli showed in securing a sixth-place finish in the F1 Chinese GP with a damaged Mercedes W16. The post How Kimi... read more »

Mercedes head to China level with McLaren in the early Constructors' Championship standings. read more »

Toto Wolff believes Mercedes start the F1 2025 season as the fourth-quickest team... read more »

George Russell has revealed Mercedes has "some things in the locker" that will help to cure the weaknesses that have remained embedded in the team's W16 F1 car.... read more »

Mercedes thanked its partners and the FIA regarding the innovation... read more »

A small part of Mercedes' F1 2025 car is under suspicion by a tech expert read more »

Mercedes believes that it has made "good steps" towards addressing the weaknesses that plagued it in 2024 with the team's W16 car based on F1 pre-season... read more »

Having made a good impression during the three-day pre-season testing in Sakhir, Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin insisted that the initial signs... read more »

Video: George Russell loves the W16 ? read more »

Having made a strong impression during the three-day pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, George Russell sounded a positive note when assessing... read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff is "a bit worried" about the performance of the new W16 in Bahrain's cooler testing temperatures. read more »

A small duct that's likely being used to overcome a persistent problem for Mercedes in year's gone by has been discovered on the W16 read more »

Mercedes have performed back-to-back tests with two different nose configurations during the morning session on day one of the pre-season test read more »

George Russell has admitted it is "quite a stretch" to expect Mercedes to be in title contention in F1 in 2025, despite being satisfied with his initial laps in the... read more »

Ted Kravitz calls the Mercedes W16 a "silver-black-and-grey Red Bull", just "more extreme" read more »