MERCEDES – DELIVERED PROMISE, AND THEN SOME Heading into the 2014 Formula 1 season, Mercedes was widely regarded as being the team to beat. In fact, as early as the end of 2012, the German marque was touted to have an engine up its sleeve that would blow the rest of the field out of the water. And boy, did the Silver Arrows deliver on that. From the very first day in Jerez, when Lewis Hamilton was the first man to roll out of the pits and bring F1’s new era to life, Mercedes was the team to beat. 2014 was a record-breaking season that yielded an unprecedented 16 wins for a single team and 18 pole positions. Had it not been for some bad luck and tiny mistakes, we would most probably...
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