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Mercedes’ 2020 Formula 1 car, the Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance has won Autosport’s 2020 International Racing Car of the Year Award.
This is not surprising if one considers that the car completely dominated the 2020 Formula 1 season, winning 13 out of 16 races that have been held until now. The car brought Mercedes its sventh consecutive constructors’ title, while Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s record of seven drivers’ championships.
Mercedes F1 Chief Designer John Owen said:
“There were ideas we’d had sat around that were pretty radical, and we decided that we were just going to do everything we could.
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“There were some pretty big challenges in the car, but they all came good in the end. It’s the fastest-ever Mercedes.”
The award is given based on votes by Autosport readers. The W11 won ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours-winning Toyota TS050 HYBRID, the DS E-Tense FE20 that won the drivers’ and teams’ titles in the 2019-20 Formula E season, and the Audi RS5 that dominated DTM.
This is the seventh consecutive time that the award went to Mercedes.
