The colour orange was chosen to represent the famous Mercedes C111 vehicles from the 1960s and 70s, and the recently launched CONCEPT AMG GT XX. However the W16 is not the only vehicle subject to changes this weekend, with F1 also confirming that the safety car will be given a tangerine touch-up for the British GP.

The Red Bull driver says he was caught out by the weather at Silverstone, where he opted to run a low downforce set-up in F1's British GP