The Mercedes Formula E team will follow the Formula 1 team in racing with an all-black livery ไfor the remainder of the 2019-20 season in support of the fight against racism.

A switch from the team’s traditional silver colour scheme will come into effect for the final six races of the season at the Tempelhof Airport in Be🐎rlin and echoes Mercedes’ stand against racism and 𒅌discrimination.

It is a move which follows the Mercedes ܫF1 team, which i൩s running a revised all-black livery on its W11 car throughout the 2020 season.

The Silver Arꦉrow 01 cars driven by Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries will now feature an all-black base layer with the ‘End Racism’ slogan incorporated onto the Halo.

“We have always spoken🌸 out clearly against racism and all💝 forms of discrimination, as they do not have a place in our team, in our sport or in our society,” said Mercedes FE team principal Ian James.

"However, recent event൩s around the world have shown that we all need to do more to use our platform to speak out against racism and discrimination. As part of the Mercedes-Benz Motorsport family, we’re sending out a clear signal for change.”

Bettina Fetzer, vice president of marketing for Mercedes cars, added: "In Formula E too, we intend to use the voice we have on our global platform to make a stand against racism and discrimination and in support of greater diver🧸sity anꦿd tolerance in society.

"The decision to change the distinctive look of our electric Silver Arrows underlines our stance in favour of openness and🐻 respect in our dealings with each other.

"The black base livery of our racing cars is a reminder to💙 all of us of the need for ongoing, long-term consolidation of our values and of mutual respect."

The Mercedes F1 team has also launched a new diversity and inclusion t💞o address a lack of diversity within its workforce.

“Raci🌃ng is an industry in which ethnic diversity and gender equality have traditionally not been very 🐽prevalent,” James added.

“So, there is still a long way to go to compensate𒉰 for the imbalance in all🌳 areas of our workforce.

“However, from the very first days of our budding team, we have campaigned for equal opportunities for all𝓰 and against discrimination in all forms.

“Together with our partners, we see it as a duty to pr💜omote and train young talents – regardless of ancestry or gender – in♑ order to give them the opportunity to join Formula E in the years to come.”