While Toyota nurses its Le Mans-winning hypercar through Tokyo traffic, Formula 1 unleashes its thoroughbreds on the streets of Azerbaijan. And right now, no one is breathing heavier than the Mercedes-AMG garage.
There is a unique, exquisite anxiety in watching a purpose-built racing machine forced to perform mundane tasks.
A vastly different approach to urban motorsport is currently tearing through the concrete canyons along the Caspian Sea.
Russell’s benchmark was formidable, but the true story of Mercedes’ current dominance was parked right across the garage.
While Toyota nurses its Le Mans-winning hypercar through Tokyo traffic, Formula 1 unleashes its thoroughbreds on the streets of Azerbaijan. And right now, no one is breathing heavier than the Mercedes-AMG garage.