What has F1 got to do with road car development?

Synergies between F1 and Road Car Development

For the 2014 F1 season Mercedes F1 and Mercedes-Benz intensified cooperation. Engineers of F1 and road car development shared concepts and solutions. Some of the most advanced technology found its way to the fastest electric production car yet seen. The SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive broke the Nordschleife lap record for electric vehicles - thanks to a battery solution developed by the F1 experts at Brixworth and the performance specialists at AMG.

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Leopold Pleijsier founded F1-Fansite.com in 2001 and has followed Formula 1 since the early 1980s. He writes about daily F1 news, race weekends, drivers and the sport’s history.

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