2021 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Black Series Safety Car

When the season starts on 18-20 March with the FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2022, Mercedes-AMG will be contributing to the excellent safety of the FIA Formula One World Championship^TM with two exceptional performance models that have already well and truly proven their racetrack credentials. Appearing for the first time as the Official F1® Safety Car is the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series (fuel consumption combined: 12.8 l/100 km, CO₂ emissions combined: 292 g/km)^[1], while the Mercedes‑AMG GT 63 S 4MATIC+ (fuel consumption combined: 13.5-13.0 l/100 km, CO₂ emissions combined: 308‑295 g/km)^[2] makes its debut as Official F1® Medical Car. The 2022 season will benefit from the most powerful variants ever of these two vehicles. You can find more visual details of the 2021 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Black Series Safety Car gallery by scrolling up.

Safety car signalling seamlessly integrated into the vehicle for the first time

From a technical standpoint, both cars are almost entirely standard. However, they have extensive equipment specific to their respective jobs on the track. The most noticeable feature of the Official F1® Safety Car is the absence of the usual light bar on the roof, which would have interfered with the carefully refined aerodynamic balance of the AMG GT Black Series. Instead, development engineers in Affalterbach came up with something completely new. At the front, the obligatory signalling has been incorporated into the upper area of the windscreen, while the rearward-facing lights have been elegantly integrated into the rear spoiler. All signalling functions are delivered via fast-reacting and energy-efficient LED lights.

Front module level with sun visors

At the front, three small orange light modules and one large green module are positioned on each side of the AMG logo, level with the sun visors. In the main upper blade of the rear spoiler are 13 orange lights – three on the outer edges on either side that shine steadily, and seven further lights in the centre that flash when required. There are also a further four wider, green LED modules. Two tiny video cameras are installed into the spoiler strut on the right-hand side and their images displayed inside the car. One camera serves as an electronic rear-view mirror for the co-driver (small monitor in the headliner to the right of the conventional rear-view mirror), while the other transmits a live TV stream. As a service for the spectators in the stands, there is also a light module in each of the rear side windows which displays “SC” (for Safety Car) in orange when the car is in action.

Overview of the safety light functions:

• Orange: As soon as the safety car is called into service, the orange LEDs are switched on. The orange lights flashing in the centre section at the rear and shining steadily on either side at the front mean “absolutely no overtaking”.
• Green: If the AMG GT Black Series enters the track in the middle of the field at the start of a safety car phase, the green modules front and rear are activated. This signals to the racing drivers that they can overtake the safety car.
• All modules are fully dimmable to allow the intensity of the light to be adapted to the conditions: for instance, night-time racing under floodlights or very strong sunlight by day.

The rear number plate is also illuminated in either orange or green in synch with the safety lights. Likewise, the headlights and rear lights have an important role to play in the signalling. Whenever the safety car is on the track, their rapid flashing draws even more attention.

Standard interior with AMG Track Package

The interior of the Official F1® Safety Car is the same as that of the standard AMG GT Black Series with the optional Track Package including rollover protection. The lightweight roll cage made from bolted tubular titanium consists of a main frame, a belt-fixture brace, two rear braces and a diagonal cross at the rear. The system increases the already excellent vehicle stiffness even further and thus has a positive influence on vehicle performance. It also improves passive safety.

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Additional monitors for watching the track

The only new features are the six-point safety harnesses stipulated by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) and two tablets in the centre console and instrument panel in front of the passenger seat. They enable co-driver Richard Darker to monitor the Formula 1® field. Displayed on the left tablet in the centre console is the international TV signal. And the right monitor can be switched between the animated representation showing the current position of the race cars on the track or the current lap times. Data management for the visual communication tools is handled by an InCar Hotspot with WLAN. While Bernd Mayländer is concentrating on the track and simultaneously keeping an eye on things in the rear‑view mirror, Richard Darker maintains radio contact with the race control. In the centre console are two red buttons for controlling all radio commands plus two rotary knobs for adjusting the volume. Mayländer and Darker also speak to one another via radio intercom. The cockpit is equipped with a second radio system as an emergency back-up.

The lightweight bucket seats are part of the Track Package that can also be ordered by any customer. In the Official F1® Safety Car, however, a small cup holder is installed in the side cushions to accommodate a water bottle. Control of the light signalling is via a panel mounted at the front of the headliner, with round, colour‑coded buttons enabling accurate switching when wearing racing gloves.

FIA-specific systems identical to those in Formula 1® race cars

Further additional FIA-specific systems are also installed and are identical to those in every Formula 1® race car. They include the transponder system for time keeping, the high-resolution GPS and the telemetry. Likewise integrated is the “marshalling system”, which uses three coloured LEDs in the instrument binnacle and in front of the co-driver to show the flag signals for the respective section of the track. In addition to that, there is the “medical warning light”. In the event of an accident on the track that exceeds a critical g-force threshold, the LEDs flash several times. This provides Bernd Mayländer and Richard Darker with an additional warning to prepare for action.

Developed especially for demanding racetrack service

High cornering speeds, dynamic sprints and fast lap times – the FIA sets a demanding job profile for the Safety Car. The bottom line is that it must be able to lead the race cars from the very top class of motorsport safely around the track in extreme situations. And the safety car is not allowed to drive too slowly as that could lead to the tyres and brakes of the Formula 1 cars cooling down too much and cause their engines to overheat.

The AMG GT Black Series has all the necessary credentials for the tough job at the very highest end of motorsport. The front-mid-engine with transaxle configuration, the V8 biturbo engine with dry-sump lubrication, the dual-clutch transmission and the highly tuned chassis with aluminium double-wishbone suspension deliver the fundamentals for fast laps on a racetrack. The intelligent material-mix lightweight structure guarantees not only a low overall vehicle weight but also a low centre-of-gravity and beneficial weight distribution.

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2021 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Black Series Safety Car Interior

Closer to motorsport than any other current road-legal AMG

The top model in the two-door AMG GT series was developed specifically for life on the racetrack, with 537 kW (730 hp), a stiffer body-in-white, the new highly adjustable suspension, intelligent lightweight engineering and active aerodynamics. No other road-legal AMG model is currently closer to motorsport than this. That goes for everything from the AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7G dual-clutch transmission to the twin-pipe exhaust system made from thin-gauge stainless steel with a titanium silencer. It also includes the chassis, which is manually height-adjustable and equipped with adaptive dampers, variable through three presets. The camber can be individually modified front and rear as can the settings of the anti-roll bars. Additional pivot bearings on the rear wishbones, carbon-fibre shear plates and specially adapted, electronically controlled engine and transmission mounts likewise further enhance the excellent handling and performance.

Suspension set-up, brakes and aerodynamics tuned for the toughest demands

For the Official F1® Safety car, the suspension specialists in Affalterbach have engineered a set-up in combination with the Pirelli P Zero tyres that offers the best possible solution for all racetracks and weather conditions. The standard-fit AMG ceramic high-performance composite brakes are exactly the same as those in the regular AMG GT Black Series. The same applies to the finely tuned aerodynamics with a large front skirt, additional flaps, a bigger front splitter and the vertical tear-off edge on the rear skirt. Together with the two‑blade rear wing with an additional, electronically controlled flap, the aerodynamics provide the AMG GT Black Series with optimum downforce and balance.

The acceleration and top speed are more than enough for the job. The standard production version of the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series completes the sprint from zero to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds and goes on to reach a top speed of 325 km/h.

Distinctive red paintwork with black contrasting elements and white decals

As they did last year, the Mercedes-AMG Official F1® Safety Car and the Official F1® Medical Car will go into the 2022 season with their distinctive red paintwork. The striking colour is a match not only for Mercedes‑AMG but also for CrowdStrike, which continues their sponsorship of the Official F1® Safety Car with the same large white lettering and logos used in the 2021 season. CrowdStrike has been partnering with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team since 2019. CrowdStrike has redefined security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform that protects and enables the people, processes and technologies that drive modern enterprise. CrowdStrike secures the most critical areas of enterprise risk to keep its customers ahead of today’s cyber threats. The colour red is emblematic of CrowdStrike’s promise to stop breaches. The cooperation with one of the global leaders in cybersecurity is being expanded with this striking livery for the safety car.

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Throughout the race weekend, the vehicles guarantee maximum safety not just in the Formula 1® races themselves but also all the other races that make up the full programme. Three highly qualified AMG technicians take expert care of the vehicles throughout the entire season.

Just like last year, Mercedes-AMG is sharing the demanding jobs of safety car and medical car with British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin. Both brands maintain a wide-reaching technical cooperation, which includes Mercedes-AMG supplying the Brits with its eight-cylinder biturbo engines.

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