Racing
- 1894: Benz and Daimler cars were in what is considered
to be the first car race, from Paris to Rouen.
- 1908: Grand Prix cars were limited to ≥1,100kg, raced at Dieppe.
1908 Mercedes 12.8-litre 4-cyl. - 1908: Grand Prix cars were limited to ≥1,100kg, raced at Dieppe.
- 1926: Daimler and Benz merged to form Mercedes-Benz.
- 1934: The new (≤) '750kg' Grand Prix (GP) class first saw duels
between Mercedes and
Auto Union.
1937 W125 - 1954: Mercedes entered the
new Formula One (F1)
category (2.5-litres non-supercharged)
with the W196 and
drivers Juan Manuel
Fangio and
Karl Kling.
Fangio won the drivers' championship after switching from
Maserati
during the season.
1955 W196- 1955: Mercedes drivers Fangio and Stirling Moss finished 1-2 in the drivers' world championship.
- 1955: At the Le Mans 24-hour race, the Mercedes 300 SLR sports car of Pierre Levegh crashed into a spectator stand killing 79 people. Mercedes subsequently withdrew from all forms of motor racing.
a 1955 300 SLR- 1984: Mercedes entered touring car racing.
- 1985: Mercedes began supplying engines for Sauber racing sports cars.
- 1989: The Sauber-Mercedes of Mass, Dickens and Reuter won the Le Mans 24-hour race.
- 1994: Mercedes began supplying F1 engines to Sauber and, in 1995, to McLaren.
- 2009: F1 engines were supplied to Brawn, Force India, and McLaren. Brawn won the constructors' championship and their driver Jenson Button won the drivers'.
- 1985: Mercedes began supplying engines for Sauber racing sports cars.
- 2010: Mercedes bought Brawn, the 2009 winning F1 team, to form the Mercedes GP team.