New content series lifts the lid on technical partnership between the team and title partner PETRONAS
Innovation in F1 has typically been a close guarded secret. A new series launched today (14th November) though takes viewers behind-the-scenes and celebrates the most successful team and fuel and lubricants partnership in the modern hybrid era.
Across six separate episodes, viewers are given never before seen insight into the five functional PETRONAS fluids that power the team’s cars:
- PETRONAS Primax (Fuel)
- PETRONAS Syntium (Oil System)
- PETRONAS Tutela (ERS)
- PETRONAS Tutela (Gearbox/Transmission)
- PETRONAS Tutela (Hydraulics)
The series features a range of senior technical figures from both PETRONAS and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. These include:
- Chan Ming-Yau, Principal (Fuel Technology), PETRONAS
- Salvatore Schembri, Project Leader F1, PETRONAS
- Hywel Thomas, Managing Director, Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
- James Williams, Head of Powertrain Integration & Transmission Design, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
- Evan Short, Head of Trackside Electronics & Controls, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
The PETRONAS and Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team partnership celebrated its 300th Grand Prix at the recent United States Grand Prix in Austin. Across that time, the team has won eight Constructors’ World Championships, seven Drivers’ World Championships, taken 119 race victories, 131 pole positions, claimed 100 fastest laps, and been on the podium 279 times.
As the sport readies itself for new Power Unit regulations in 2026, now is the perfect time to explore the cutting-edge technology that has been developed since this rules set was introduced in 2014.
All six episodes will be available for broadcast rights-free with the first episode available here.
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