Mercedes have revealed their eagerly-anticipated 2024 F1 challenger, the W15.

The W15 - which will be driven by168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell - represents a drasti൩c change to its predecessor, the W14, which was effectively an evolution of Mercedes’ troubled 20𒐪22 machine.

It features a st🌠riking new silver and black livery combination.&n෴bsp;

Mercedes have made expansive modifications to ꦑthe architecture of the W15 for the 2024 season, which will be Hamilton’s last term with the German manufacturer before he makes the switch to Ferrari.

Pa𝕴rt of Mercedes’ direction change with their new challenger sees a switch to a pushrod rear suspension, having been one of the few teams to favour a pull-rod layout in 2023.

"The design of any car is an iterative process. ౠAnd a long one at that," Mercedes technical director James Allison explained. "It stretches back to last year. 

"A new car ena🌠bles the team to make bigger alterations that are not possible during the season. These are decisions that are taken during thꦚe preceding summer.

"A big focus has been on improving the previous car's unpredictable rear axle. We have worked hard to ensure that both axles, but particularly the rear axle, retain better control o🍎f the tyre than on the W14. 

"There's also been some housekeeping on areas in which we had room for impro𝔍vement, including the DRS effect, and pit stop performance."

Hamilton and Russell will shakedown the new W15 today ꧃at Silverstone. 

Mercedes edged Ferrari to second place in the constructors’ standings last year and will hope the W15 can bring them back into race and title🌞-win📖ning contention after suffering their first victory-less campaign in over a decade.

Whether the changes will be enough to bring Mercedes on a level par with Red Bull, who have dominated the last two F1 campaigns, remains to be seen🔯.

Red Bull will be the 10th and final team to unveil their 2024⛦ challenger - the RB20 - on Thursday.

Pre-season testing gets underway next week in Bahrain, before the season-openinꩵg grand priღx on March 2.