Mercedes plan Silicon Valley-style F1 factory upgrades
Mercedes plans to expand its Formula 1 factory into a campus as part of £70 million upgrades , which should help turn it into a Silicon Valley- style parkland.
Their current factory in Brackley, Northamptonshire, will see new infrastructure including marketing buildings, leisure facilities, and restaurants built to improve the working environment within the team.
Team principal Toto Wolff claims one of main reasons for the expansion is due to the number of people who are now working for the team, compared to when it opened up.
“The Brackley campus was built to accommodate 350 people, and today we are at 1250," he told Autosport .
"What we are planning to do is to expand the campus with multiple new buildings and create a modern style campus, with lots of breakout areas, restaurants, state of the art gyms, new marketing buildings, and getting all the cars out.
“We want it to become its own little village, with all the amenities and benefits that you would ex...