Safety & Medical Car

Safety Car:

• The Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series has been the Official F1 Safety Car since 2022.
• Developed especially for demanding racetrack service.
• Closer to motorsport than any other current road-legal AMG.
• Front-mid-engine: V8 biturbo engine with dry-sump lubrication.

Medical Car:

• The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4MATIC+ is the most powerful and fastest medical car in the history of Formula 1.
• The 4.0-litre V8 biturbo engine delivers a peak output of 470 kW (639 hp).
• The Medical Car accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds.
• Its top speed is 315 km/h.

The Safety Car with the three-pointed star has been a familiar sight at Grand Prix circuits around the world since 1996. Over the past 30 years, high-performance models such as the Mercedes-Benz CL 55 AMG, the Mercedes-Benz C 36 AMG and the spectacular SLS AMG gullwing model, developed in-house by Mercedes-AMG, have been used.

The first deployment of a Safety Car with the star dates back to 30 June 1996. At Magny-Cours, Mercedes-Benz appeared for the first time with a Mercedes-Benz C 36 AMG as the FIA F1 Safety and Medical Car. This means that Mercedes-AMG will be celebrating a special anniversary in 2026: for 30 years now, the brand with the star has stood for safety in Formula 1.

Only last year, at the F1 Grand Prix in Austin, the 500th deployment of a Safety Car was marked. Between 1996 and 2026, a total of 13 different models were used as Safety Cars and eight different models as Medical Cars.

The most recent addition to the Official FIA F1 Safety Car fleet is the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series, which is being used since the 2022 season.

The AMG GT Black Series has all the necessary credentials for this tough job. 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.

Since 2000, the Safety Car has been driven by former DTM driver Bernd Mayländer.

The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4MATIC+ is the Official FIA F1 Medical Car since the 2022 season. It is Mercedes-AMG's seventh Official Medical Car in the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Like the Safety Car, its V8 engine, AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 9G transmission, dynamic engine mounts and electronic rear locking differential are the same as in the regular road version.

The standard-fit AMG RIDE CONTROL+ suspension on the Medical Car offers the perfect set-up for fast racetrack duty with three to four people and emergency equipment on-board.

During the race, the Official F1 Medical Car waits on standby in the pit lane alongside the Safety Car. To keep an eye on the race, there are three tablets and an additional monitor for the electronic rear-view mirror installed in the dashboard on the passenger side. Like the Safety Car, the Medical Car also has an InCar Hotspot and WLAN.

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.