Saya pernah menulis tentang 'Silver Arrow' dalam awal-awal penulisan di blog ini. Sumber maklumat yang saya dapat adalah dari History Channel. Dalam temuramah yang dibuat dengan pakar sejarah Mercedez, mereka menceritakan kononnya pada awal Grand Prix, Mercedez menggunakan warna putih, kerana warna itu warna kebangsaan German.
Hingga Mercedez terpaksa mengikis cat kerana terlebih berat, kemudian Mercedez juga dikenali dengan nama 'Silver Arrow'. Warna rasmi Audi(ketika itu Auto Union) adalah silver. Sejak mula Audi dikenali sebagai 'Silver Arrow'. Apabila Mercedez menjadi 'silver', legend persaingan dua silver arrows dari German ini menjadi buah mulut GP sebelum WW2.
Legend of the Silver Arrows
Auto Union’s cars were run in silver, like their rivals Mercedes, giving rise to the term ‘silver arrows’. A popular story is that German cars were always painted white, as it is their national racing colour, but Mercedes scraped the white paint off their cars to reveal bare bodywork when it was found to be slightly overweight. It’s a popular story, and one perpetuated today by the Current Mercedes GP team, but it would appear to be nothing more than a myth. None of Mercedes early cars were ever painted white to start with, and the race where they supposedly removed it did not have any weight restrictions anyway. This story was likely an attempt by early Mercedes team owners to create a bit of mythology around the brand.
Menurut Martin Porter, penulis blog tentang sejarah Audi: 1930s Grand Prix: The History of Auto Union, cerita warna putih Mercedez itu hanya mythology yang dicipta oleh sejarahwan Mercedez. Sejak awal sebenarnya, seperti Audi, Mercedez juga bewarna silver.
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