VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MERCEDES-AMG F1 W17 E PERFORMANCE CAR, THE TEAM'S 2026 FORMULA ONE CAR / SOUNDBITES FROM MERCEDES-AMG DRIVER, GEORGE RUSSELL (63) / SOUNDBITE FROM MERCEDES-AMG DRIVER (12), KIMI ANTONELLI / SOUNDBITE FROM MERCEDES-AMG TEAM PRINCIPAL, TOTO WOLFF / STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF RUSSELL AND ANTONELLI EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: SUBTITLES ADDED AT SOURCE COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE - UNKNOWN DATE) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) (MUTE) 1. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAR FOR MERCEDES-AMG DRIVER, GEORGE RUSSELL (63) WEYBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 2, 2026) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MERCEDES-AMG DRIVER, GEORGE RUSSELL, SAYING: (INCLUDES MULTIPLE ANGLES) (PRESENTER: "George, I'm going to come to you first. At the beginning of what will be your fifth year driving with the Works Mercedes team, how prepared and excited are you for the year ahead?") "Yeah, good morning everybody - really excited to get going into the season. Obviously, there's been so much hard work going into producing this car. The power unit's been in production for a number of years now, and obviously this car, everybody at Brackley has been working so hard over the last 12 to 14 months to prepare it, and just really excited to go racing now." UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE - UNKNOWN DATE) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) (MUTE) 3. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF RUSSELL'S CAR WEYBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 2, 2026) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MERCEDES-AMG DRIVER, GEORGE RUSSELL, SAYING: (INCLUDES MULTIPLE ANGLES) "I think you need to go in with an open mind because we've been driving a lot on the simulator, but until you drive the car properly at different circuits, understanding what the challenges are, understanding the new power unit with the overtake mode, the boost button - we obviously got an opportunity in Silverstone and Barcelona to drive the car - and the new power unit, I think, for all of the teams, is just so fast. And when you use that boost button down the straight and you got the full 350 kilowatts from the engine, the thing flies. So that's really, really cool. And with active aerodynamics, it just looks... I don't know, it looked racy and I like the look of the cars. A bit smaller, they feel lighter, they feel more nimble through the corners. So for us, it's more enjoyable to drive and hopefully it's going to produce better racing for everyone to enjoy at home." UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE - UNKNOWN DATE) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) (MUTE) 5. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAR FOR MERCEDES-AMG DRIVER, KIMI ANTONELLI (12) WEYBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 2, 2026) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MERCEDES-AMG DRIVER, KIMI ANTONELLI, SAYING: (INCLUDES MULTIPLE ANGLES) "Last year was a massive learning experience, and definitely this year is going to be a new opportunity for everyone. It's something completely new. Obviously, we got the chance to drive the car in Silverstone and Barcelona, and it was a really good test, especially as we learned a lot about the car as drivers and as a team, because obviously it's completely new and there's so much to learn and to discover still. But yeah, really looking forward to this season. I mean, definitely, I've experienced a lot last year and I definitely feel more prepared ahead of 2026." UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE - UNKNOWN DATE) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) (MUTE) 7. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUSSELL 8. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF ANTONELLI 9. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RUSSELL AND ANTONELLI WEYBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 2, 2026) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MERCEDES-AMG TEAM PRINCIPAL, TOTO WOLFF, SAYING: (INCLUDES MULTIPLE ANGLES) "Yeah, it's relentless. We haven't stopped, obviously, in the factories. The work has been going on nonstop and the drivers were in the simulator a lot over the winter also. So it was the shortest break we've ever had. And between shakedown, three days in Barcelona, and then heading off to Bahrain literally the next week and the week after, it just doesn't stop. And we're very excited to see where the performance of the car lies. I don't think we have seen the true potential of anybody else, like I've said before, so it's always nice to know that it's probably not a turd - the car - but something that will be fast and exciting to drive, whether it's good enough to win races or the championship. That's on a different sheet of paper, but we can't wait for qualifying in Melbourne to start to have this first kind of benchmark." UNKNOWN LOCATION (FILE - UNKNOWN DATE) (MERCEDES HANDOUT - Editorial use only. No commercial use. No monetisation) (MUTE) 11. STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANTONELLI'S CAR (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
