BATTERY CELLS


Investing in the future


Daimler is to spend €20bn on battery cells over the next decade to meet its ambitious target to electrify its entire product line. The company’s immediate plans include


electrification of all passenger cars, trucks, vans and buses by 2022 with a mix of plug-in hybrids, pure battery-powered cars and fuel cell vehicles that use


hydrogen. It hopes to have 130 electrified variants of Mercedes-Benz Cars on sale in four years’ time.


RECORD BREAKING SEASON


Last season’s Formula 1 Championship proved a record-breaking performance for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Team. Not only did Britain’s Lewis Hamilton secure his fih World title and his team’s fih consecutive Constructors’ Championship, several new records for the sport were set too. By winning the final race in Abu Dhabi, Lewis set a new points-scoring record for a Formula 1 season – 408. The Yas Marina victory for Mercedes-Benz also set a new milestone for the most wins by a driver for a single engine manufacturer in F1. Lewis Hamilton has only driven Mercedes-Benz powered cars since he entered Formula 1, first at McLaren, 2007 -2012, then for the works team since 2013. His 73rd victory in the last race of the season surpassed the 72 mark registered by Michael Schumacher for Ferrari between 1996 and 2006. As we head towards the start of the 2019 season, Lewis now has his sights firmly set on eclipsing another record – the 91 victories secured by Michael Schumacher.


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Race Calendar 2019


Formula 1 World Championship 1 Australian Grand Prix Albert Park 2 Bahrain Grand Prix 3 Chinese Grand Prix


6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Winner March 15 – 17


4 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Baku City Circuit 5 Spanish Grand Prix


7 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 8 French Grand Prix 9 Austrian Grand Prix 10 British Grand Prix 11 German Grand Prix


Circuit Paul Ricard Red Bull Ring Silverstone


Hockenheimring


12 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring 13 Belgian Grand Prix 14 Italian Grand Prix


15 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore 16 Russian Grand Prix 17 Japanese Grand Prix 18 Mexican Grand Prix


Interlagos


Spa-Francorchamps Monza


Sochi Autodrom Suzuka


19 United States Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas 20 Brazilian Grand Prix


21 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina


Bahrain International Circuit March 29 – 31 Shanghai International Circuit April 12 – 14 April 26 – 28 May 10 – 12 May 23 – 26 June 7 – 9


Circuit de Catalunya


June 21 – 23 June 28 – 30 July 12 – 14 July 26 – 28 August 2 – 4


August 30 – September 1 September 6 – 8 September 20 – 22 September 27 – 29 October 11 – 13


Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez October 25 – 27 November 1 – 3 November 15 – 17


November 29 – December 1


FREE F1 CALENDAR Never miss a race


This year’s Formula 1 race series looks like being yet another exciting championship. So, to ensure you don’t miss any of the action, this edition of TradePartner includes a pull-out calendar covering every one of the 21 races from Melbourne on March 17th to Abu Dhabi at the beginning of December. Eleven of the 21 races will take place in Europe, five in Asia, four in the Americas and one in Australia. This year’s race in China on April 14th marks the 1,000th Grand Prix since Formula 1’s inception in 1950.


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