Mercedes goes into 2022 on the back of winning eight consecutive constructors’ championships, while it has won seven of the lasღt eight drivers’ t𝄹itles.

The team shared a clip of its W13 being f♚ired up for the first time on social media on Thursday afternoon.

A new era of starts right here… 

Firing up our 2022 F1 car for the first time - theꦍ W13 is ALIVE.

— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1)

Seven-ti♔me F1 champion Lewis Hamilton will remain with tꦰhe team for 2022, partnering George Russell.

After missing out in dramatic circumstances in 2021, Hamilton will be once again eye🅠ing a record-breaking eighth world title. 

Russell makes the move up from Williams after three impressive seasons, scoring the Grove-based outfit’s first podium since 2017 at S💫pa earlier this year.

W﷽hile Mercedes has been the dominant force in the V6 turbo 🎐hybrid era, F1 embarks on a new era in 2022 with completely new regulations which are expected to level the playing field and improve overtaking.

The 2022 sea🉐son gets underway in Bahrain on Marไch 20 before heading to Saudi Arabia.

Before the sea🍬son starts, two tests will take place with the first in Barcelonaꦦ before the teams head to Bahrain ahead of the opener.

In terms of its rivals, Ferrari has confirmed that it plans to launch its own 2022 chall🦹enger in mid-February.