The silver arrows were the nickname for the German Mercedes Benz and the Auto Union Grand Prix racing cars of the 1930s. The original German racing colour was white and myth surrounds the switch to silver. The story is that the 1934 Mercedes entry to the Grand Prix was 1KG over the maximum weight, so the team decided to strip the heavy lead-based paint off the car in order to save weight and reveal the silver coloured aluminium body beneath. This car then went on to win the GP giving birth to the Silver Arrows. Whether this is true (probably not) doesn’t really matter, the silver livery is trademark to the German racing teams and proudly lives on in today’s F1 Mercedes GP team as well as on Porsche and Audi racing cars.
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- Mercedes Silver Arrow
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- Auto Union
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- Mercedes GP F1
