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# Video: Mercedes’ efforts to improve on perfection with W12
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-how-mercedes-is-trying-to-improve-on-perfection-with-2021-f1-car/
- Published: 2021-03-02T18:09:23.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T17:10:36.000Z
- Description: Mercedes has pushed on aggressively with its 2021 Formula 1 car despite having been so dominant last year. Here’s what we know about its latest innovations so far
- Author: Matt Beer
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center

Having been so dominant in 2020, Mercedes could almost afford to get complacent heading into the 2021 Formula 1 season.

But instead it’s unveiled a new design – the F1 W12 – with several new innovations, which it was being intriguingly guarded about at its launch.

Edd Straw explains what we know so far about what Mercedes has changed for the new season, and the challenges it faces.