Burdened with the duty to safely lead the F1 field around the track in bad weather or due to an incident, safety cars are usually high-performance machines. For the 2022 season, Mercedes-Benz will again share Official F1 Safety Car duties along with Aston Martin, fielding the AMG GT Black Series. Bernd Mayländer has an awesome job! In addition to the GT R safety car, the official FIA F1 medical car, the AMG C63 S Estate, has embraced the new design that comprises of the rainbow The Safety Car is powered by the standard AMG GT R drivetrain, which cranks out a whopping 577 horsepower and 520 pound-feet of torque. Not only the most powerful F1 safety car ever, De vernieuwde F1 Safety Car: Mercedes-AMG GT-R. Alweer sinds 2015 zet Mercedes-Benz als Safety Car voor de Formule 1 zijn AMG-sportwagen in. In eerste instantie als GT-S, later (2019) als GT-R. Ook in het 2021-seizoen treedt de GT-R aan, maar ditmaal in een iets andere outfit. Appearing for the first time as the Official F1® Safety Car is the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series, while the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4MATIC+ makes its debut as Official F1® Medical Car. The 2022 season will benefit from the most powerful variants ever of these two vehicles. Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series Unveiled As New F1 Safety Car It will share duties with the Aston Martin Vantage and DBX. Mar 10, 2022 at 6:02am ET By: Angel Sergeev The start of the 2022 The new Official FIA F1 Safety Car®: The Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series The FIA's list of requirements for the safety car is a tough one to fill with high cornering speeds, the ability to produce dynamic intermediate sprints and fast lap times all number one priorities. That's enough grunt to make the GT R officially the most powerful F1 safety car of all time. Zero-to-62 mph takes just 3.5 seconds before the German sports car tops out at 197 mph. The AMG GT R is the quickest Safety Car in the sport's history so far, with the top-of-the-line model's 4.0-litre V8 biturbo engine producing 585hp and powering it to a top speed of 318km/h (198mph). The AMG GT R is the 11th Official F1 Safety Car to have been provided by Mercedes-AMG and replaces the AMG GT S, which was first used in 2015. The Mercedes-AMG GT R is the official Safety Car of Formula One. So far, it is the most powerful safety car of the sport. The mechanical specs of the new AMG GT R F1 safety car is the same as the road-going vehicle. It is powered by a 4.0-liter AMG biturbo V8 with 577 hp and 520 lb-ft of torque. KvuIZe6.