Matt Whyman

The high-octane inside story of a season with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1, as the most successful team in recent history faces a critical turning point.

Over the past decade, Mercedes-AMG Petronas made Formula 1 history, winning seven drivers’ championships and eight consecutive constructors’ championships from 2014 to 2021. But after a disappointing 2022 season falling behind Red Bull and Ferrari, the once-untouchable team found itself the underdog.

Based on unprecedented, exclusive access, Inside Mercedes F1 is the story of the team’s greatest challenge yet: its race back to the top. Award-winning writer Matt Whyman follows the sport’s most decorated driver, Lewis Hamilton, charismatic team boss Toto Wolff, rookie superstar George Russell, and the extraordinary engineers, pit crew, and factory workers that comprise Mercedes to give a fly-on-the-wall account of what really happens inside a Formula 1 team. From the tension of pre-season testing to the thrill and glamour of race weekends—including Miami, Austin, and the first-ever Las Vegas Grand Prix—from the bitterness of team rivalries to the pressure cooker environment of elite competition, Whyman reveals the human drama and the remarkable individuals who are pushed to their limit in the quest to win one of the world’s fastest and most popular sports.

Inside Mercedes F1 provides new insight into a world that many fans think they know and shares secrets of teamwork and high performance, with access that an elite team has never granted—until now. For a team that has for so long been the epitome of excellence, its team manager lauded by Harvard Business School, which is now facing its toughest test just as the sport reaches new levels of global popularity, it’s time for redemption.