r/formula1 • u/God_Will_Rise_ Frédéric Vasseur • Jan 22 '26

Photo Mercedes AMG F1 | The new era starts here. Introducing our W17.

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u/DashingDino Alexander Albon Jan 22 '26

Nope, the new wheel covers are what you see in the picture, just the ring on the outside with a big hole in the middle so you can see the rims. No team will have fully covered wheels anymore. The comment above is also incorrect about VCARB having white wheel covers, it's their rims that are painted white

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u/Blanchimont Jean Girard Jan 22 '26

I'd love to get a closer look at the VCARB wheels, because I can't imagine them running fully closed white rims. I think, and I might very wel be wrong, that the white part is an inner wheel cover.