The Mercedes-Benz works Silver Arrows team will compete under the name ‘MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team’ from the 2012 season. AMG is the performance brand of Mercedes-Benz, and has been synonymous with performance, sportiness, exciting driving and motorsport success for more than 40 years..

 

The PETRONAS Syntium Team clinched their fourth consecutive Super Taikyu Endurance Series title last weekend with the team's trio of Nobuteru Taniguchi, Masataka Yanagida and Dominic Ang in the No. 1 BMW Z4M Coupe crowned as the overall series champions. Teammates Tatsuya Kataoka, Fariqe Hairuman and Ooi Fei Hoong in the #28 car rounded off the weekend's celebration taking 2nd overall, giving the team another 1-2 championship finish..

 

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished the final round of the 2011 Formula One season, the Brazilian Grand Prix, in seventh and 15th places on Sunday, at the end of the afternoon’s 71-lap race in Interlagos.