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Mercedes shakes down W17 with wet first step at Silverstone
©Mercedes Phillip van Osten
22/01/2026 at 17:1122/01/2026 at 16:10 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Mercedes wasted no time turning pages into lap times as the W17 Silver Arrow made its first tentative steps into Formula 1’s new era on a rain-soaked Silverstone circuit on Thursday afternoon. Just hours after the wraps came off the 2026 challenger, George Russell climbed aboard and headed out onto the Northamptonshire track, gingerly feeling his way through the conditions on Pirelli’s grooved demo tyres. Spray hung in the air, but the mood was unmistakably purposeful: this was the first real heartbeat of Mercedes’ next-generation machine. First Laps of a New Era Although...
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