Grading their very own homework, AMG ONE group offers themselves a hefty pat on the again.
We’ve talked in regards to the AMG ONE quite a bit right here on MBWorld. And as we’re people with pores and skin within the sport (yours actually has an C209, W164 and W105) you’d assume we’d be fairly enthusiastic in regards to the ONE. However the issue is, we discover ourselves being a bit crucial of it now.
Now a few years after its debut and announcement, the AMG ONE has had just a few automobiles delivered, and has the Nurburgring lap time report for manufacturing automobiles. However is the fizzle for this automotive lastly out? Mercedes doesn’t assume so. They’ve simply launched a brand new video during which Mercedes feels the F1 powered automotive is a very powerful automotive because the Patentwagon.
A deep-dive video into the AMG ONE’s powertrain – two years after it’s debut – appears nearly a bit determined. We all know that the ability unit is derived from Components 1 expertise. We all know that it’s exhausting to make an “F1 engine” work in the actual world with regular drivers in regular situations. That was cool in 2022, when Mercedes was an unstoppable drive in Components 1. As of now? Mercedes are in 4th place in constructors standings. Behind McLaren Mercedes, who’re apparently doing higher with Mercedes engines than Mercedes. Oops.
The Components 1 tie-in blunders proceed. Out of all of the drivers they may have picked, they obtained a F1 driver endorsement from David Coulthard? “I really feel like a grand prix driver once more,” he claims. Actually? It’s quick, but it surely’s not that quick. Plus he’s very actually a part of Pink Bull’s present camp, and drove for Williams and McLaren Mercedes… There’s that title once more. To be honest, they will’t financial institution on Hamilton fairly like they did earlier than, as a result of he’s carrying purple quickly. Possibly Russel was busy, or one thing.
All of us marvel and marvel on the tech behind the automotive, however this automotive simply isn’t information any extra. It has achieved all the things it wants to perform. Except there’s a brand new evolution of the automotive to come back about. However that’s not taking place any time quickly. Name us cynical, however perhaps AMG ought to let this ONE play out.
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