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Mercedes, Formula One’s dominant team who have yet to announce a replacement for retired world champion Nico Rosberg, will present their 2017 car at Silverstone on February 23.
The Mercedes said on Wednesday that the reigning champions would “unveil the beast to the world” at the British Grand Prix circuit down the road from their Brackley factory.
Fans who register for a prize draw on Facebook will have the chance to win VIP access to witness the first laps of the W08 challenger.
Mercedes won 19 of 21 races last season and started all but one from pole position.

They will start the season in Australia in March as favourites for a fourth successive title, with Great Britain’s triple world champion Lewis Hamilton leading the campaign in the absence of former rival Rosberg.
The German driver stunned Formula One by announcing his retirement five days after winning a first title in Abu Dhabi in late November, saying he had reached the peak and achieved his ambition.
Mercedes will be brave over finding Nico Rosberg replacement, says team chief Toto Wolff
His decision left Mercedes in a difficult position, with other leading drivers all under contract with rivals at such a late point in the year.
It was also an admission of just how tough a teammate Hamilton, who won 10 grands prix to Rosberg’s nine, had been to beat over the course of a season.

Rosberg’s replacement is expected to be announced imminently, with testing starting at the end of February in Spain.
Finland’s Valtteri Bottas is seen as a safe bet, as well as a safe pair of hands, to land the seat. It is believed that the Williams driver visited the Mercedes factory over the Christmas break.
Wanted: Formula One driver with ‘proven track record’ – Champions Mercedes run magazine ad in search of Rosberg replacement
The 2017 season will see wider tyres, faster cars and revised aerodynamics with Mercedes likely to face a tougher test from rivals Red Bull – who have Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Dutch teenager Max Verstappen – and Ferrari.
“I hope we can be as successful as we’ve been in 2016. It was not always an easy ride and I don’t expect it to be any easier in 2017 but certainly one thing, it’s going to be good fun again,” said team boss Toto Wolff in a New Year’s message.


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Formula One champions Mercedes to 'unveil the beast' next month

German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg celebrates with his team after winning the Formula One World Championship. Photo: EPA

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 27, 2016 shows Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team's German driver Nico Rosberg celebrating at the end of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit. Nico Rosberg won his maiden Formula One world title by securing second place behind his Mercedes arch-rival Lewis Hamilton in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH

2016 AP YEAR END PHOTOS - Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates after finishing second to win the 2016 world championship during the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

World champion Nico Rosberg announces shock retirement

German driver Nico Rosberg is calling it quits in Formula One racing. Photo: AFP

epa05656514 (FILE) A file picture dated 14 March 2015 of German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG GP waving at spectators from the pit lane at the end of the third practice session at the Albert Park circuit for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia. Formula One 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg announced on 02 December 2016 his immediate retirement from Formula One after claiming his first F1 world championship title at the final race of the 2016 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL

CORRECTION - Formula One World champion Germany's Nico Rosberg (L) hugs with his Mercedes Petronas boss Toto Wolff after he announced to end his F1 career during the FIA Prize Giving Gala at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria on December 2, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR / “The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by JOE KLAMAR has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Toto Wolff] instead of [Toto Wolf]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any fur

epa05656526 (FILE) A file picture dated 27 November 2016 of German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG GP celebrating with his team after winning the Formula One World Championship 2016 at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Formula One 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg announced on 02 December 2016 his immediate retirement from Formula One after claiming his first F1 world championship title at the final race of the 2016 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

German Grand Prix becomes latest race to be axed from beleaguered Formula One calendar

Nico Rosberg won’t get the opportunity to race at his home track as world champion after the German Grand Prix was nixed from the 2017 calendar. Photo: EPA

Williams Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil crashes with his car in the first corner after the start of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circuit, in this July 20, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Files (GERMANY - Tags: SPORT MOTORSPORT F1 TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

epa05649899 German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG GP celebrates winning the Formula One World Championship 2016 after his second place in the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 27 November 2016. EPA/SRDJAN SUKI

Nico Rosberg – Germany’s new Formula One world champion – won’t race on home soil next season

Nico Rosberg and his wife Vivian Sibold get the champagne treatment as they celebrate Rosberg winning the Formula One world championship at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. German fans won’t see their new world champion on home soil next season. Photo: AFP

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team's Team Chief Toto Wolff looks on ahead of the qualifying session as part of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit on November 26, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Andrej ISAKOVIC

epa05649897 German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG GP celebrates winning the Formula One World Championship 2016 after his second place in the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 27 November 2016. EPA/SRDJAN SUKI

Former Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher of Germany looks on during the qualifying session for the Italian F1 Grand Prix race at the Monza racetrack in Monza, near Milan, in this September 13, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo

Nico Rosberg overcomes Lewis Hamilton’s negative tactics to win Formula One world title

German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg celebrates his world title with his crew after finishing second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in his Mercedes. Photo: EPA

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team's British driver Lewis Hamilton crosses the finish line at the end of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit on November 27, 2016. Nico Rosberg won his maiden Formula One world title by securing second place behind his Mercedes arch-rival Lewis Hamilton in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. / AFP PHOTO / Andrej ISAKOVIC

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team's German driver Nico Rosberg steers his car during the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit on November 27, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Karim Sahib

epa05649628 German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG GP celebrates after winning the Formula One World Championship 2016 at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 27 November 2016. EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

Like father, like son: proud Keke Rosberg savours Nico's Formula One title success

Nico Rosberg celebrates with his mother (right) and wife. Photo: Reuters

TO GO WITH AFP STORY (FILES) This file photo taken on June 24, 2006 shows Germany's Nico Rosberg (L) talking to his father, former Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg, before the practice session for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at the Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal, Canada. Nico Rosberg becomes the latest in an elite but growing list of world champions keeping it in the family after he wrapped up the Formula One world title on November 27, 2016, 34 years after his father Keke was crowned. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Mark Thompson

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 1982, file photo, Keke Rosberg, of Finland, raises his arms in victory after his fifth place finish in the Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas, assured him of the world driving championship. Keke Rosberg is considered one of the great swashbuckling drivers of Formula One , a hard-charging, speed-seeking thrill master who muscled his way to the 1982 championship. Nico Rosberg is one the verge of matching his father’s title but with none of his father’s flair. (AP Photo/File)

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