Mercedes became the penultimate team to make a grand revelation of their beast. Ahead of the 2023 season, the teams have been revealing their championship contenders one after the other. But nobody quite took the F1 world by storm like the Silver Arrows when they gave their fans the black beauty the supporters had been asking for. At the event when the world waited to set eyes on the W14, another revelation off-stage left the fans in splits.

The all-black livery reveal immediately became the talk of the town and left the fans in the happiest tears. The Brackley-based outfit had been teasing their admirers with a probability that the car might be black. In their recent post that appreciated women in STEM, the picture had the black W11 in it. After playing hide and seek for weeks, the day finally came. The team had the most underwhelming season last year. Perhaps that is why they decided to bring their ‘lucky’ charm back. The black car is what gave them their eighth and Lewis’s seventh championship. While we are on the subject of giving & taking from Lewis, an interesting incident was captured backstage when the W14 was prepping to be revealed.

In a video uploaded on Mercedes YouTube account, Hamilton, who was standing next to Mick Schumacher and across from George Russell, took a look at Toto’s choice of footwear and made a remark about them saying, “Ooh, nice new shoes.”

To which Wolff said, “You know who these shoes are from?” Wolff went on to explain, “They forgot my shoes for the photoshoot, so I liked them. They were under your rack!”

Wolff’s unusual choice of footwear caught the attention of F1 Twitter and they couldn’t control their emotions about the whole situation.

The Fans went gaga over Wolff embezzling Lewis Hamilton’s shoes

The fans were quick to catch the conversation which took place between the three drivers and their TP. While Hamilton and George had different opinions on ‘Loafers’, the Silver arrows fans couldn’t contain the laughter that preceded the excitement of W14 launch.

Some interesting tweets are given below:

The fans called the Shoe swap the sweetest part of the launch. They obviously meant no offense to the black beast.

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While some fans couldn’t believe what they were seeing.

Some fans wanted to see what the discussion was all about and wanted to look at the center of attraction; the pair of shoes.

While some cast doubts about the whole setup, others were just happy to see the wholesome moment between their favorites.

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What other moments from the car launch of the Silver Arrows stood out for you?