| Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | ||
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| Team Information | ||
| Based |  Brixworth, Northamptonshire, UK Affalterbach, Germany
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| Début |  2019 Ad Diriyah E-Prix I
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| Key People | Toto Wolff (CEO); Ian James (TP) | |
| Driver(s) |  Stoffel Vandoorne (No. 5) Nyck de Vries (No. 17)
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| Car | Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 | |
| Sponsor(s) | Vestas; SAP | |
| Website | Mercedes | |
| Team Stats | ||
| Last Season | 1st (319 pt(s)) | |
| Entires | 42 | |
| Wins | Poles | Points |
| 7 | 8 | 647 |
| First Win | 2020 Berlin E-Prix VI
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| Fastest Laps | 5 | |
The Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team were a British based German racing team, and two time ABB FIA FIA Formula E World Championship for Teams Champions, having won the Championship in both 2020/21 and 2021/22.[1] Formed in 2018 to take over from HWA Racelab, Mercedes-EQ served as the factory team for Mercedes-Benz during their time in the series, and would also secure two Drivers' Championships for both of their drivers.[2][3]
For their official maiden campaign the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team, as it was originally named, signed former Formula One driver Stoffel Vandoorne, as well as reigning FIA Formula 2 Championship Champion Nyck de Vries.[4] The team would show strong one-lap pace during their maiden season, culminating in victory for Vandoorne at the season ending 2020 Berlin E-Prix VI.[5]
On the eve of the 2020/21 season the team name was 'simplified' to the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team, having retained both de Vries and Vandoorne for the campaign.[6] Their sophomore campaign duly delivered the title for the German squad, with the Mercedes squad claiming both the Teams' Championship and the Drivers' title through de Vries.[7]
Vandoorne and de Vries were retained for a third season in 2021/22, in what was to be Mercedes' final FE season after they cancelled their FE programme ahead of the new Generation 3 ruleset.[8] Their third FE campaign duly delivered another Teams' and Drivers' Championship double, with Vandoorne taking the title, while he and de Vries claimed three victories across the season.[3]
At the end of the 2021/22 season the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team entry was sold to McLaren, who renamed it to the McLaren Formula E Team for the 2022/23 season, and would retain most of the key staff.[9]
Background[]
Mercedes initially expressed interest in joining the FE Championship during the 2015/16 season, before officially announcing their plan to enter the series on 24 July 2017.[2] Agreeing a deal with Formula E Holdings to join at the start of the 2019/20 season, Mercedes immediately announced that they would withdraw from the DTM to focus on FE.[2] As such, they also organised a deal for long-term DTM partners HWA Racelab to kickstart their FE project, with HWA entering into the 2018/19 season with customer Venturi powertrains.[10]
Founding Footsteps[]
HWA hired Mercedes factory driver Gary Paffett to spearhead their maiden FE campaign, before recruiting Formula One refugee Stoffel Vandoorne to partner him for the 2018/19 season.[11][12] After a difficult start to the season, which would be beset by technical issues and failures, Vandoorne would become one of the stars of the season, while Paffett struggled to score consistent points. Regardless, HWA and Mercedes regarded the programme as a success, with HWA forming the nucleus of the Mercedes FE Teams' day-to-day operations.[1]
Formula E History[]
The Mercedes FE Team formally took over HWA Racelab's ABB FIA Formula E Championship entry at the end of the 2018/19 season, although would effectively remain the same entity.[1] Serving as the factory entry for Mercedes-Benz, the Mercedes FE Team based its car development operations in Brixworth, UK, alongside Mercedes Grand Prix.[1] The new HWA/Mercedes FE Team duly began developing their maiden powertrain in March 2019, hiring Gary Paffett and Stoffel Vandoorne to lead the development programme.[13]
Further testing of the new car, named the Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01 would be undertaken by Edoardo Mortara, Esteban Gutiérrez and Nyck de Vries.[14][15][16] The Mercedes FE Team also undertook evaluations of the test drivers in order to decide their driver line-up for the 2019/20 season, and duly picked Vandoorne and de Vries, whose deals were formally announced on the 11 September 2019.[4] The duo were set to make the public debut for the team at the 2019 Valencia Test, prior to the opening round in Ad Diriyah.
Private Progress: 2019/20[]
Sophomore Success: 2020/21[]
For 2020/21 Mercedes simplified their team name to the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team, although they would retain de Vries and Vandoorne for a second season together in the new Silver Arrow 02, which was to race for two seasons.[1]
Defensive Duties: 2021/22[]
de Vries and Vandoorne would be retained by a similarly unchanged Mercedes-EQ squad for the 2021/22 season, in order to defend their World Champion status for the first and last time, as Mercedes announced before the season began that they would be leaving FE at the end of the campaign.[8]
Formula E Record[]
The tables below show Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team's full record in the FIA Formula E Championship.
Formula E Entries[]
The table below gives an overview of Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team's entries in Formula E:
| Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team's overall Formula E Record | ||||||||
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| Season | Official name | No. | Drivers | DC Pos. | DC Pts. | Car | TC Pos. | TC Pts. |
| 2019/20 | Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team[1]
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5 | Stoffel Vandoorne[17]
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2nd | 87 | Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01 | 3rd | 147 |
| 17 | Nyck de Vries[17]
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11th | 60 | |||||
| 2020/21 | Mercedes EQ Formula E Team[1]
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5 | Stoffel Vandoorne[17]
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9th | 82 | Mercedes EQ Silver Arrow 02 | 1st | 181 |
| 17 | Nyck de Vries[17]
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1st | 181 | |||||
| 2021/22 | Mercedes EQ Formula E Team[18]
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5 | Stoffel Vandoorne[19]
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1st | 213 | Mercedes EQ Silver Arrow 02 | 1st | 319 |
| 17 | Nyck de Vries[19]
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9th | 106 | |||||
Career Results[]
Listed below are the full career results of Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team:
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| Year | Driver | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
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3rd | 147 | ||||||
| Vandoorne | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | Ret | 15th | 6th | 5th | Ret | 12th | 9th | 1st | ||||||||
| de Vries | 6th | 16th | 5th | Ret | 11th | 4th | Ret | 18th | 4th | 14th | 2nd | ||||||||
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1st | 181 | ||
| Vandoorne | 8th | 13th | Ret | 1st | 3rd | Ret | Ret | 7th | 13th | Ret | 12th | 7th | 15th | 12th | 3rdG | ||||
| de Vries | 1stG | 9th | Ret | Ret | 1st | 16th | Ret | 9th | Ret | 13th | 18th | 2nd | 2nd | 22nd | 8th | ||||
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1st | 213 | |
| Vandoorne | 2nd | 7th | 11th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | |||
| de Vries | 1st | 10th | 6th | Ret | 14th | 10th | 10th | 1st | Ret | 6th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | Ret | Ret | |||
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| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | |
| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | |
| 2nd | Second | DSQ | Disqualified | |
| 3rd | Third | DNS | Did Not Start | |
| 7th | Points Finish | 16th | Non-Points Finish | |
| NC | Not Classified | CAN | Race Cancelled | |
| INJ | Driver Injured | Italics | Fastest Lap | |
| Bold | Pole Position | G | Group Fastest Lap | |
References[]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 'Mercedes EQ Formula E Team gear up for Formula E fight', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E 17/05/2018), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/may/mercedes-eq-formula-e-team-gear-up-for-formula-e-fight/, (Accessed 17/05/2018)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 'Mercedes-Benz to enter Formula E in Season 6', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 24/07/2017), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2017/july/mercedes-benz-to-enter-formula-e-in-season-6/, (Accessed 25/07/2017)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSeo22R2 - ↑ 4.0 4.1 'Merecedes-Benz EQ reveal the Silver Arrow 01, Vandroorne & de Vries complete line up', fiaformuale.com, (FIA Formula E, 11/09/2019), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2019/september/mercedes-2019-200challenger-revealed, (Accessed 11/09/2019)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBer21R2 - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Paul Hensby, 'Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team to Leave Formula E after Season Eight', thecheckeredflag.co.uk, (The Checkered Flag, 18/08/2021), https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2021/08/mercedes-eq-formula-e-team-to-leave-formula-e-after-season-eight/, (Accessed 28/11/2021)
- ↑ 'MCLAREN RACING TO ENTER FORMULA E', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 14/05/2022), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2022/may/mclaren-joins-formula-e, (Accessed 14/05/2022)
- ↑ 'HWA AG join the Formula E grid for Season 5', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 09/05/2018), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/may/hwa-ag-join-the-formula-e-grid-for-season-5/, (Accessed 09/05/2018)
- ↑ 'Paffett to drive for HWA Racelab', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 08/10/2018), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/october/paffett-to-drive-for-hwa-racelab/, (Accessed 08/10/2018)
- ↑ 'Stoffel Vandoorne completes HWA RACELAB’s driver line up', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/10/2018), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/october/stoffel-vandoorne-completes-hwa-racelab-s-driver-line-up/, (Accessed 15/10/2018)
- ↑ Thomas Maher, 'Mercedes release teaser Formula E car at Geneva Motor Show', formulaspy.com, (Formula Spy, 05/03/2019), https://formulaspy.com/formula-e/mercedes-release-teaser-formula-e-car-at-geneva-motor-show-59832, (Accessed 06/03/2019)
- ↑ Sam Smith, 'Mercedes-Benz EQ Completes First Test', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 03/04/2019), https://e-racing365.com/formula-e/mercedes-benz-eq-completes-first-test/, (Accessed 12/09/2019)
- ↑ Sam Smith, 'Mercedes EQ to Test Esteban Gutierrez', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 30/07/2019), https://e-racing365.com/formula-e/mercedes-eq-to-test-esteban-gutierrez/, (Accessed 12/09/2019)
- ↑ Sam Smith, 'De Vries Tests for Mercedes EQ', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 14/08/2019), https://e-racing365.com/formula-e/de-vries-tests-for-mercedes-eq/, (Accessed 12/09/2019)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSVNdV19A - ↑ Matt Kew, 'Mercedes unveils livery for its final Formula E campaign', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 28/11/2021), https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/mercedes-unveils-livery-formula-e/6829782/, (Accessed 29/11/2021)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Sam Smith, 'MERCEDES LAUNCHES ITS 2021 FORMULA E PACKAGE', the-race.com, (The Race, 29/10/2020), https://the-race.com/formula-e/mercedes-launches-its-2021-formula-e-package/, (Accessed 28/11/2020)