As part of the Formula 1™ Singapore Grand Prix, Mercedes‑AMG is presenting the highly exclusive GT 63 PRO 4MATIC+ “Motorsport Collectors Edition“ (combined energy consumption: 14.0 l/100 km | combined CO₂ emissions: 319 g/km | CO₂ class: G)[1]. With numerous individual design elements and equipment details, it creates a close link to the Mercedes‑AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. Even the base obsidian black metallic colour is inspired by the team's current Formula 1™ racing car. The same applies to the hand-painted star pattern with silver Mercedes stars on the rear flanks and the filigree, PETRONAS-coloured decorative stripes. These extend from the front fenders over the belt line to the roof. There are also further PETRONAS-coloured contrasts: these can be seen on the front splitter, on the flics of the side air intakes of the front apron, on the decorative elements in the side sill panels and on the rear diffuser attachment.

The 21‑inch AMG forged wheels with a matte black finish and cross-spoke design are accentuated with PETRONAS-coloured rim flanges. The brake callipers of the standard AMG ceramic high-performance composite brake system with six-piston fixed callipers at the front and one-piston floating callipers at the rear are also the same colour. The front axle is fitted with 420 millimetre brake discs. The “Motorsport Collectors Edition” rides on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R Cup tyres as standard. Their dimensions are 295/30 ZR 21 at the front and 305/30 ZR 21 at the rear.

The standard AMG Exterior Carbon Fibre package, with its front splitter, trim strips in the side sills and diffuser and rear wing in high-quality carbon fibre, emphasises the proximity to motorsport. The scope of equipment also includes the panoramic glass roof and the AMG Aerodynamics package with a fixed rear wing on the tailgate. The AMG Night Package II reinforces the individual visual appearance of the “Motorsport Collectors Edition”. It comprises elements in black chrome, including radiator trim, typography and Mercedes star at the rear. The AMG fuel filler cap in silver chrome with “AMG” lettering also emphasises the special status of the edition.
PETRONAS-coloured details also found in the interior

The interior is also characterised by numerous PETRONAS-coloured details. The standard AMG Performance seats are upholstered in black Nappa leather/MICROCUT microfibre with PETRONAS-coloured topstitching and embossed AMG crests in the head restraints. The AMG trim elements in carbon harmonise with the heated AMG Performance steering wheel in MICROCUT leather/microfibre with PETRONAS-coloured topstitching. This stitching can also be found on the door trim panels, the instrument panel and the centre console. The AMG door-sill trims are coated in black and illuminated in the colour of PETRONAS.

The Burmester High End3D Surround Sound System, with 15 loudspeakers and 1,170 watts of system power, is standard in this very extensively equipped special model. There is also the 360o camera, MBUX Interior Assistant, Driver Assistance Package and head-up display. AMG TRACK PACE provides support with a wealth of data when driving on the racetrack. A system to raise the front axle can be used to lift the front of the vehicle prior to crossing speed bumps or kerbs. The ambient lighting and the ENERGIZING package contribute to a sense of well-being on long journeys. The “‘1 out of 200” edition badge in the centre console indicates the limited edition of the special model.

To protect this valuable edition from theft and vandalism, the model is equipped with GUARD 360o vehicle monitoring. Each customer also receives a customised, edition-specific AMG indoor car cover. With its breathable outer skin made of tear-resistant synthetic fibre fabric and an antistatic inner fabric made of flannel, it protects the vehicle from dust and scratches in the garage.

The Mercedes‑AMG GT 63 PRO 4MATIC+ as a “Motorsport Collectors Edition” is aimed at car enthusiasts and collectors who are looking for a particularly sporty driving experience and are Formula 1™ fans. 450 kW (612 hp) of power from the AMG 4.0‑litre V8 biturbo engine, aerodynamic fine-tuning with reduced lift and more powerful cooling contribute to enhanced driving dynamics.

[1]The specified values were determined according to the prescribed measurement procedure WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure). The ranges given refer to the German market. The energy consumption and CO₂ emissions of a car depend not only on the efficient use of the fuel or energy source by the car, but also on the driving style and other non-technical factors.

As the 2024 Formula One season gears up for the next series of overseas ‘flyaway’ races, the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team is pleased to confirm that we are on track to quadruple our aviation emissions reduction by the end of 2025 through investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel certificates (SAFc).

Building on the announcement that the team more than doubled aviation emissions reduction through SAFc purchase in 2023, achieving a reduction of 6,695 tCO₂e for business travel emissions, our investment in SAFc underscores our commitment to become one of the world’s most sustainable global professional sports teams.

In 2022, the team became the first global sports team to invest in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) through book and claim and direct refinery capacity. The increased implementation of book and claim announced today means we are set to quadruple annual aviation carbon emission reductions through SAFc use in 2025 compared to 2022.1 

In concrete terms, this means we are expecting to reduce our aviation emissions through SAFc purchase by a total of 18,500 tCO₂e across 2024 and 2025, with 8,000 tCO₂e saved in 2024 and 10,500 tCO₂e saved in 2025.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

“A net reduction in our emissions sits at the heart of our operations and the ambitious sustainability targets we have set ourselves. We continue to invest in innovative solutions and technology that will enhance our performance, helping us go further faster.”

From 2022 to 2025, we are targeting emissions reductions of over 27,500 tonnes of carbon through our investment in SAFc, quadrupling our annual aviation emissions reduction since our original SAF investment. This reflects our commitment to understanding and addressing our environmental impact, while also supporting the growth and credibility of the SAF certificate market. We aim to showcase the potential and impact of SAF, encouraging others to adopt SAFc and drive further investment in this growing market.
Alice Ashpitel, Head of Sustainability, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

“Our investment in Sustainable Aviation Fuel is more than a strategy; we believe it can create a greener future. We see SAFc as a game-changer, a way for sports and businesses to make a lasting impact. We hope that our support for this sector can help trigger others to do the same and drive further investment in SAF production. We have been hugely grateful for the support of our suppliers SkyNRG and British Airways who have helped us realise our ambition to mitigate one of the most significant sources of our emissions and look forward to engaging the wider industry sector in the future.”

Sustainable Fuels will change the face of Formula One in 2026 but they are already one of the cornerstones of our sustainability strategy.

During the 2023 European Season, we saved 339 tCO₂e through a switch to HVO biofuels for land freight and on-site at the European race venues. This year we have targeted 100% biofueled logistics for all nine races in the 2024 European season, with the results due to be reported in the coming weeks.

Our team has ambitious targets for 2030 including a 75% reduction in Race Team Control emissions and 100% reduction of Scope 1 & 2 emissions.

Find out more about our team’s commitment to sustainability here.

1 Current and forecast SAFc reductions are taken from the data provided by the team’s SAFc suppliers. This compares the Well-to-Wake life cycle assessments of our book and claim SAFc purchase compared to the same volume of jet fuel. The mass balance approach of the book and claim system used in 2022 and 2023 was independently verified by a third party and confirmed there were no instances of non-conformities identified. We report using the guidelines outlined in Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition’s ‘SAF Certificate (SAFc) Emissions Accounting and Reporting Guidelines’ to demonstrate the emissions reductions achieved with SAFc purchase.
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Investment

In 2022, the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team became the first global sports team to invest in Sustainable Aviation Fuel, marking a significant stride in our sustainability journey. This investment represents a dual strategy, focusing on the acquisition of book and claim certificates to support market growth, and simultaneously enhancing refinery capacity to boost SAF production. This investment was a part of the team’s broader strategy to slash CO₂ emissions and achieve Race Team Control Net Zero by 2030.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Sustainable Aviation Fuels are renewable or waste-derived aviation fuels that can replace traditional fossil jet fuel. Due to their drop in nature and much lower life cycle emissions than traditional aviation fuel, they are acknowledged by the International Civil Aviation Organisation as a key technology in diminishing future aviation emissions.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificates

SAFc are an accounting instrument that allows the environmental benefits of SAF to be decoupled from the physical fuel, through a book and claim model. This allows the physical fuel to be delivered to the nearest airport (reducing the emissions impact of long-distance transport) and the emissions reductions to be claimed by the SAFc buyer.

SAFc is recognised as a key mechanism in the transition to Net Zero to help send demand signals to the market to increase production of sustainable fuels. The team’s SAFc purchase will address their indirect Scope 3 aviation emissions and will be accounted for using best practice accounting standards set out in the in Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition’s ‘SAF Certificate (SAFc) Emissions Accounting and Reporting Guidelines’ to ensure environmental integrity.

Toto Talks Singapore

We head straight to Singapore for the second race in this double header. Although a street circuit like Baku, Marina Bay is a different challenge. Physically, it is incredibly demanding on both the drivers and team members. The heat and humidity play a big role in that but so does the track itself. It is bumpy in places, contains a mixture of both low and high speed corners, and the walls are waiting to catch you out.

After a mixed weekend in Azerbaijan, we will take the learnings from Baku and aim for an improved performance in Singapore. At times, our pace was strong but we couldn't deliver that consistently. Our main challenge was controlling tyre temperatures and something we know we need to improve upon. It is encouraging that, when we get the car working, we have the pace to be competitive. Whilst we came away with a podium though, we know that it was fortuitous and we were P5 on merit.

We have additional motivation heading into this weekend too. Singapore has become a key race for our Title and Technical Partner PETRONAS in recent seasons, as the closest event to Malaysia. We are excited that this year we will be part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. We have enjoyed a record-breaking partnership with them since Mercedes returned to F1 as a works team in 2010. We have achieved incredible success together over the past 15 seasons and that relationship continues to grow as we push forward with our sustainability ambitions both on and off track, including the exciting work around sustainable fuels for 2026. We have several exciting moments planned as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations over the next week and look forward to sharing them with our fans.
Fact File: Singapore Grand Prix

    Last year's Singapore Grand Prix featured a new layout as redevelopment works took place in the vicinity of the track.
    The circuit between what was Turns 16 to 19 became one long 397.9m straight, reducing the number of corners from 23 down to 19.
    The circuit length was reduced from 5.063 km to 4.928 km and the number of laps of the Grand Prix increased from 61 to 62.
    Lap times were reduced by roughly 10 seconds due to the changes.
    The new layout was beneficial for the tyres; previously, they would begin to overheat towards the end of the lap, but the removal of four 90-degree corners helped them stay closer to the optimum operating window.
    Track evolution is incredibly high in Singapore, given that it is a street circuit. The surface can ramp up by as much as three seconds between FP1 on Friday and Qualifying on Saturday evening.
    The Singapore Grand Prix is one of the most physically demanding races of the season. The intense humidity, warm temperatures, combined with the stop/start nature of the track, make it very challenging.
    Due to these factors, drivers can lose around 5kg of weight during the race through sweating alone.
    That stop/start nature, with a requirement for constant re-acceleration, ensures the circuit has one of the biggest fuel effects of the year. In simple terms, that means the amount of time you lose each lap is higher for every kilogram of extra fuel in the car.
    Owing to the large amount of time spent in corners, just over 50% of lap time is spent at full throttle - only Monaco and the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico have lower amounts.
    The track is also very bumpy. That adds to the stress that the drivers and cars are put through - that is particularly true with these new generation cars that run lower to the ground.
    With a speed limit of 60 km/h, and a layout that feeds in at turn two, the total pit lane time is the highest of the season at 25 seconds.
    Marina Bay is one of four circuits on the calendar to have a 60 km/h pitlane speed limit, owing to its tight nature. The others are Melbourne, Monaco, and Zandvoort.
    Being a street track, it is perhaps no surprise that all 14 of the previous Singapore Grands Prix have featured at least one Safety Car deployment.
    In the last six editions, we have seen 11 Safety Car deployments.
    The team has achieved four wins around the streets of Marina Bay. Three times with Lewis (2014, 2017, 2018) and once with Nico Rosberg (2016). 

George Russell

I was pretty happy with my laps in Qualifying. They all felt strong but unfortunately, we didn’t quite have the pace to fight for pole position. We topped the times in FP3, but we knew that this flattered us a little bit, having run right at the very end of the session. We thought we would be in a battle just outside of the top three. It is therefore a little frustrating to be half-a-tenth from P3 but P5 isn’t a bad place to start from.

Ferrari are typically quick at street circuits and that proved to be the case once again today. I don’t think we will be able to race them for victory tomorrow but hopefully we are in the battle for the podium.
Lewis Hamilton

Qualifying was disappointing as we had a good day yesterday and I thought we could be in the fight for the front two rows. Unfortunately, I was struggling to get the tyres working and that is what it is all about. We will analyse why that was as a team and hopefully make improvements moving forward.

The aim is to move forward tomorrow, and I am staying positive that we can do so. It is not always easy to progress here, but we have a slightly different tyre strategy to others which may help us. We will also have to look after the tyres as it is easy to suffer with the rears. If we can do so, then hopefully we can have a better day than we had today.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO

Qualifying proved frustrating today. Ferrari have looked strong all weekend, so we knew that it was unlikely we would be fighting for pole position. We worked hard to make improvements overnight and, although we were flattered by FP3, looked to be able to battle for the second row. After our first runs in Q3 that seemed possible. Unfortunately, on our second efforts we had a slightly compromised out lap and missed out on P3 by just half-a-tenth of a second.

George was happier throughout the session and ended up P5. Lewis struggled with tyre temperature and finished P7. It leaves us with work to do tomorrow but it is a long race, and our aim is to move forward. We haven’t got a clear idea of where we are compared to our competitors on the long run so we will see what we can do tomorrow.
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director

We made some overnight changes with the aim of getting the car into a better place, not only for qualifying today but tomorrow’s race too. The outcome this weekend will ultimately be dictated by long run pace, so it was important that we continued to work on protecting the rear tyres for Sunday.

After a disrupted Friday, George was happier with the overall balance in FP3, but Lewis felt less comfortable than he did the day before. Whilst George topped the times in that session, we knew we were unlikely to be challenging for pole position. After making it through the first two segments of qualifying, we looked like we may challenge for the second row. Unfortunately, the out laps on our second run were slower than we would have liked and that cost us some crucial tyre temperature on those final efforts. That may have cost George a couple of places and we found ourselves in the middle of a tight bunch, rather than at the front.

Without much long run data from Friday, everyone’s relative pace is slightly unknown. We hope the changes we’ve made to the car since then will help us tomorrow and we can fight for the podium.

Toto Talks Azerbaijan

We head to Baku aiming for a better performance than we showed in Zandvoort and Monza. Both were difficult races for us. Our relative pace was not as strong as it was prior to the summer break and several of our competitors took a step forward. We showed good pace at moments across both weekends but were unable to unlock this consistently. We have spent the time since then analysing why this was. We have the opportunity to show we have done the necessary learning and made improvements both for this weekend in Azerbaijan and the following week in Singapore.

Both are challenging street circuits. They are bumpy, have many low-speed and 90 degree corners, but also feature plenty of high-speed sections. They pose a very different test to the ones we faced in the Netherlands and Italy. The traditional European portion of the season is now behind us. We have eight flyaway races before the chequered flag falls in Abu Dhabi. We are focused on ending the season as strongly as possible. There is plenty of racing left and we will be fighting for every point possible, starting this weekend in Baku.
Fact File: Azerbaijan Grand Prix

    The Baku City Circuit is the fourth longest on the F1 calendar this year – only Spa, Las Vegas and Jeddah are longer.
    A lap of the track sees drivers change gear 64 times, more than at any other circuit on the 2024 calendar.
    The Baku City Circuit also ranks highest in terms of braking energy. No track on the 2024 calendar has more braking zones of over 2G.
    Given the nature of a street circuit, it is perhaps no surprise that the Safety Car has been deployed five times across the last five races and is often required more than once across a Grand Prix.
    The section from the exit at Turn 16 to the braking zone for Turn 1 is the longest full-throttle passage of the year. It is around 200 metres longer than the segment from Turns 1 to 5 at Spa-Francorchamps.
    The 2.2 km start/finish straight therefore contributes to a very difficult restart for the leader, with a strong tow for the driver behind leaving them vulnerable into Turn 1.
    The name Baku derives from the shortened Persian name Bad-kuye, meaning "wind city", along with Bad-kube, which means "wind-hitting." Both terms refer to the famously consistently strong winds that blow through the city.
    Baku hosted an F1 Sprint weekend for the first time in 2023.
    The 2024 event is taking place in September for the first time, having previously taken place in the first half of the season (April or May).
    F1 first visited Baku in 2016, when the race was known as the European Grand Prix. It has been known as the Azerbaijan Grand Prix every year since.
    The team has recorded three wins in Baku with three different drivers – Nico Rosberg (2016), Lewis Hamilton (2018), and Valtteri Bottas (2019).
    George has also triumphed in Baku, winning the F2 Sprint race in 2018.