The W16 engine's roots go back to a 1916 rotary ... An inline 16-cylinder engine would require a long engine block. Imagine placing 16 apples in a line; this layout is not particularly suitable ...

It consists of two eight-cylinder blocks, set at an angle of 90 degrees to each other, and sharing one crankshaft. Four ...

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has branded the 2025 W16 Formula One car as more "stable" compared to the previous cars of the current ground effect era that Lewis Hamilton struggled with.