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- Last updated: September 19th 2019
Mercedes will take the wraps off its 2017 W08 around midday today, and you can watch a 360-degree reveal live.
The car is being unveiled at Silverstone and Hamilton has already been out for a shakedown. It appears to show a different approach to those released so far, with closely packed rear and no thumb nose or sharkfin – yet.
The moment you’ve all been waiting for…
First laps =
See the 2017 beast up close in just under an hour – LIVE at 12:10 GMT #cantW08 pic.twitter.com/XbpfKbGreL
— Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) February 23, 2017
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