You might remember the hilarious promotional video for Berlin Fashion Week 2015 we featured a few months ago, which gave a starring role to one of the Mercedes-Benz C111 concepts. Well, last week saw the event take place in London – and also saw the same C111 test its real-world credentials in the heart of the Capital.
Holster those party poppers, though – the Celebration is billed as a ‘show car’ rather than a production model, although it’s clearly a lot closer to reality than the (more dramatic) A110-50 concept of 2012.
It was the junior team that took the victory – current Formula One star Nico Hulkenberg taking the start on his debut at Le Mans, supported by teammates Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy. Despite strong pressure from the Audis, unscheduled pitstops for them allowed two Porsches, the second driven by Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley, to take the chequered flag. Team boss Friedrich Enzinger said that last year’s technical education had been worth it and that the victory was a great success.
