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MERCEDES will continue to carry black on their car livery in the future, team chief executive Toto Wolff said, crediting Lewis Hamilton for being instrumental in bringing the colour scheme.
Despite famously being known as the Silver Arrows, the squad opted to run their cars in black - first introduced in 2020 – as part of a stand against racism and discrimination, as well as pledging to improve the diversity of their team.
The decision came amid global protests around the world in support of Black Lives Matter, a campaign that Hamilton had been a vocal supporter of.
A new video released by Mercedes shows Hamilton and Wolff looking back at the seven-time world champion’s iconic cars from his time with the squad – ahead of his departure for Ferrari this season.
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 team boss labelled the 2020 challenger as an ‘important one’, adding: “That’s the car that started silver, that went black.”
Wolff acknowledged that the move was a ‘big step’ for Mercedes, while Hamilton suggested that the car looked ‘best in black – it just looks like the Knight Rider’.
“That’s why we stick (with it). We’re going to continue. It’s what you brought,” Wolff responded, according to the Formula 1 website.
