Valtteri Bottas has debuted Mercedes’ 2020 Formula 1 car by carrying out a shakedown run at𓄧 ✨Silverstone. 

The Finn got behind the wheel of Mercedes’ latest chal🍰lenger - the W11 - to conduct its first on-track appearance in an initial test outing at the venue of the B😼ritish Grand Prix. 

Mercedes released digital renderings🌌 of its latest F1 car on Friday morning before its W11 hit the track at Silverstone. 

Like Red Bull did earlജier this week, Mercedes is using its shakedown run as one of its two ‘filming ꦰdays’ permitted by F1. Teams are not allowed to exceed 100km of running and are required to use special tyres for such events. 

Bottas will split running with six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton throughout the d💟ay as Mercedes collects its initial imagery and on-track footage ahead of the upcoming campai♒gn. 

The German manufacturer is looking to make further history in 2020, having dominated the V6 hybrid era by sto🏅rming to every single world championship title on offer since the start of 2014. 

Mercedes already holds the joint record with Ferrari for most constructors’ champ𝔉ionsh📖ip wins in a row (six) and could surpass the Scuderia this year if it maintains its current streak of teams’ titles. 

By claiming both world titles on offer again this season, Mercedes would become the first team in history to win seven world championship doubles on the bounce, eclipsing its own record of six, whic🌜h it set in 2019. 

Meanwhile, Hamilton has the chance to move level with෴ Michael Schumacher’s all-time tally of seven drivers’ world championships as he continues to chase down the German’s records.