Mercedes launched their new car named F1 W07 Hybrid. The new car will be used to navigate the Mercedes Formula 1 2016 season.
"After a very successful season in 2015, our priority is to identify areas where we are weak and we are trying to improve in that area," said Mercedes Executive Technical Director Paddy Lowe.
Compared to its predecessor F1 W06 Hybrid, see the F1 W07 Hybrid is not much different. F1 W07 Hybrid remain predominantly silver color green color appears in some parts of the car.
According to Lowe, his team do a 'mini-revolution' against cars last year to produce F1 W07 Hybrid. In order to meet the demands of the fans and the organizers, this year's car is also claimed to be more noisy than the previous car. In addition, the security aspects rider in the cockpit is also improved.
Mercedes dominated F1 in the last two seasons. They won 32 of 38 series in that period. Hamilton became world champion two years in a row, while the runner-up title also seized Rosberg.
"Our target is excellence in all areas and, although we had some fantastic results last year, there are many areas where we can still be a lot better. There are several series in 2015 and did not run according to plan - particularly in Singapore - so we have to fix a lot of things for 2016, "he said.
F1 W07 Hybrid will undergo its first test in the official test session in Barcelona, February 22 to 25, 2016.