The day has arrived for my first drive in the brand new Mercedes-AMG ONE! A road car with a Formula 1 engine, at the Nurburgring GP circuit, and permission to push it flat out - the stuff of my dreams. Join me for the full experience with AMG to see what it's all about!
It's been a long time coming with numerous hurdles along the way, but finally the most successful F1 engine of all time is ready to be fired up in a car that can be bought by the public. Only 275 ONEs are to be made and a lot has been said without regards to the time it has taken to get to production, the weight of 1,695k and the relatively 'low' power output of 1,063hp, but there's always more to a story like this, and what a story it is.
Mercedes have dominated the Formula 1 world championship during the 1.6l TT V6 era with Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Valteri Bottas and now George Russel driving cars powered by a derivative of the very engine that you can now find with a simple start button in a road car. The feat cannot be underestimated, no longer is a full crew of mechanics required but you and I can hop in, press the button and away we go with a spine-tingling 11,000rpm available.
On a personal level as an AMG fan and obsessive customer, a supporter of the Mercedes-AMG F1 team, and somebody who appreciates road cars with true motorsports connections; this is the car I have been looking forward to driving the most in recent years. Therefore, when the opportunity came up to head to the Eifel Mountains despite it being Car Week, it didn't take long to decide to postpone my trip to California to be at the Nurburgring for a day to never forget.
With the morning kicking off in the rain, and therefore a few slow laps following Bernd Schneider in the AMG GT Black Series to test out the different modes; EV, Race Safe, Race Plus and Strat 2, fortunately it clears up and the team let me have another go... and what a go it is!
Today we'll take a full look through the AMG ONE experience; from the procedure to start it up, to how the driving modes work and ultimately what it's like to drive at pace around a race circuit. I still can't believe this day actually happened and am exceptionally thankful to all involved; what a piece of engineering, what an experience, and what a car.
Thanks for watching, Tim
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:26 AMG ONE Walkaround
03:20 Engine Start Procedure
06:17 Track: EV & Race
10:38 Track: Race Plus & Strat 2
14:12 Exterior & Engine Tour
17:39 On-track
18:06 Complete Interior Tour
26:01 Full Throttle Track Session
33:32 Final Thoughts
36:46 Wrap Up
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