1 From the first automobile racing in history in 1894 to the present day, everything related to motorsports is a success story of the Mercedes Benz and its predecessor motor brands. Stuttgart’s racing and rally cars have been at the top of racing competitions since the nineteenth century. The history of their conquests is closely linked to the invention of technology and the will of the driver.
In 1894, Mercedes Benz took part in the first racing competition in history. Mercedes won the first Grand Prix at Nice Race Week in 1901. The first, second, and third places at the 1914 Lyon Grand Prix were all occupied by Mercedes Benz (Daimler, Motrin, Gasselshaft).
Then, in 1922, the era of supercharging vehicles began. The most important Silver Arrow era before and after World War II and above all Rally Racing and all the unique records have become the basis of Formula One, DTM (German Touring Car Masters), and Customer Sports today. [caption id="attachment_27536" align="alignnone" width="750"]
Herman Lang won the Tripoli Grand Prix in 1938.[/caption]
All the work and motorsports of different automobile laboratories, workshops, and factory buildings are tied in the same thread. There is a kind of intricate combination between lavish motorsports and the production of high-quality cars. A series of cars are produced through the daily development of racing cars. Working at Mercedes’ pred This exchange between technology and strategy is seen from the very beginning of the history of motor racing.
On closer inspection, this joint and bilateral exchange still exists. An emotional relationship still exists in racing competitions with engineering skills and motorsports. Mercedes-Benz is also adapting to this change, keeping in mind this evolving global market and customer preferences. accessors have given engineers the skills they need to build racing cars. Technological advances have given birth to many branches of automobile engineering – the main role of which was skilled automobile engineering.
Cars and car drivers in motorsports; Although these two are considered to be the main characters, without the support of the car brand and the team, it is almost impossible for the best driver to win the competition with the best car. It is their combined efforts that make up the race-win gap for each race in motorsports. The right combination of team, technology, and strategy is the key to winning the competition. As a result, if you think car racing only starts and ends with a flag signal, it would be a bit of a mistake.
Car brands like Mercedes Benz; Those who are deeply involved in motorsports and are winning one or another competition every year, they also promote their cars outside the racing circuit. At the same time racing and product (car), display techniques were widely admired by Mercedes Benz and its predecessor car brands. The Mercedes-Benz Annual Report of 1907/08 stated that, “We consider the cost of motor racing to be inevitable in order to maintain the position of improvement and development in the international market.2
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the early competitions in motorsports proved the reliability and effectiveness of automobile companies and won the hearts of the people as a horseless carriage. In the early days of motor racing, only Mercedes Benz and Daimler cars competed in other notable competitions in Europe and around the world. They regularly took part in competitions and set a record of speed breaking. Motor racing or motorsports was born in France about one hundred and twenty years ago today. A two-cylinder V-engine called Daimler, a system built at Daimler’s main factory, was used in several vehicles. Cars driven by Daimler engines won the first race in world racing history (Paris to Rouen) and the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race. [caption id="attachment_27537" align="alignnone" width="750"]
Three Mercedes Benz on the racing track at the Italian Grand Prix.[/caption]
The success of Daimler-Motoren-Gachelschaft in international automobile racing is slowly becoming a reality. In 1901, 1902, and 1903, Mercedes’ successive victories at Nice Race Week led Benz to 200km / h, taking it to the top of motor racing sports. And the triple title win of that 1914 Mercedes-Mutren-Gasselshaft is still considered one of the victories in the history of motorsports.
Daimler-Benz AG was formed in 1926 by the merger of Benz C with Daimler-Motoren-Gasselshaft, and the two companies have been successful in motorsports ever since. The era of the supercharged Mercedes Benz began in the late 1920s. These cars won several important racing trophies at the time, and especially the Mercedes S-Series cars were called white elephants. Until 1931, Mercedes-Benz was the crown prince of the racing circuit. That year Rudolph Caracciola won a remarkable race with the help of the Short Wheelbase SSK model.
The war-torn Silver Arrow era of Mercedes lasted from 1930 to 1955. Silver-colored bodies, great engines, historic victories, record-breaking racing cars to characterize these racing cars as a family, yet brand historians collectively refer to them as the Silver Arrow. Mercedes-Benz’s Silver Arrow dominated the European Grand Prix before World War II. In 1952, Mercedes-Benz returned to motorsports with a 300 SL racing sports car. With the W179-R model car, they won the 1954 and 1955 Formula One Championships. In 1955, he won the Sports Car World Championship with a 300 SLR (W198S) model car.3
In order to survive in the market, not only racing cars but also passenger cars have to be produced. This feeling first worked in Mercedes in late 1955. The Stuttgart car brand has distanced itself from sports car production for several years in a bid to innovate and improve new passenger cars. Yet with the help of Mercedes Benz, many took part in motorsports in private, and their vocal presence in the car racing scene was also noticed. A number of different models of Mercedes Benz cars were able to put their signatures in various racing competitions. In the early 1960s, Telfin Saloon (W111 / 112) and 230SL (W113) dominated the international rally track. The SLC Luxury Coupe also announced its existence at a racing rally in the late 1970s. And then came the G-Model, which won the Paris Dakar Rally in 1983. Mercedes-Benz commercial cars also took a strong position in equally diverse racing competitions. Mercedes-Benz always produced cars that set new records in motor racing. Some of them were just made for research, and some were improved versions of older model cars. [caption id="attachment_27538" align="alignnone" width="750"]
Mercedes Benz also took part in the mountain racing track![/caption]
In the late eighties, Mercedes-Benz Circuit returned to the forefront of motor racing. And won two consecutive Group-C sports car racing championships. At the same time, the car company from Stuttgart won the German Turing Car Championship. And then the International Turing Car Championship. In the ten years from 1986 to 1996, Mercedes-Benz won three championship titles and ran four times as runners-up. Mercedes-Benz re-entered the DTM Championship in 2000 and took first place in the race-winning race in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2006. Then, after a three-year title drought, in 2010 he again became the overall champion.
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After winning the DTM and Group C Championships throughout the 1990s, Mercedes returns to Formula One, the top. And most prestigious organization in motorsports. However, before they took part individually, in 1994 Sauber-Mercedes and McLaren-Mercedes took part as a team. During this time, racer Mika Hakkinen won the Formula One title twice (1998 and 1999) and Lewis Hamilton once (2008). The West-McLaren-Mercedes team won the title once (1997).The emergence of a new era for Mercedes: In 2010, Mercedes-Benz returned to the Formula One competition with their own singles team. And signed the then world-class racer Michael Schumacher. After retiring in 2013, Michael Schumacher was replaced by Lewis Hamilton.
In 2008, at just 24 years old, Lewis Hamilton became the youngest champion in the history of Formula One. He has since become a regular on the Formula One winning stage and has won a total of eleven titles since 2010. Nico Rosberg won her first Grand Prix title with a silver arrow at the 2012 Grand Prix in Shanghai. Mercedes finished second in the Construction Championship at the end of 2013 as the AMG Petronas team. From 2014 to 2017, Mercedes Benz has been securing first place in the World Constructor Championship every year. And every year in the World Driver’s Championship, the race ends from the first place as well as the second (2014/15/16) and third (2017) positions. [caption id="attachment_27539" align="alignnone" width="750"]
Mercedes Benz at the 2010 Shanghai Grand Prix.[/caption]
The history of motorsports is inextricably linked with the history of Mercedes. And it is undeniable that their involvement in motorsports has been the driving force behind their unprecedented advances. In this light, it can be said that motorsports have always kept Benz moving in the future.
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