
Mercedes AMG W13 E Performance Petronas #63 G. Russell Brazilian GP 1st Win 2022 Minichamps 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Mercedes
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Resin
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 110222163
- Year
- 2022
- Era
- 2020s
- Body Type
- Formula Models
- Vehicle Class
- Formula 1 Models
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138767973
About the Mercedes AMG W13 E Performance Petronas #63 G. Russell Brazilian GP 1st Win 2022 Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 resin model reproduces George Russell's #63 Mercedes AMG W13 from the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix, the race that delivered his first Formula 1 win. Sealed resin construction holds the Petronas-branded bodywork lines tight, marking a genuine career milestone for a Mercedes-themed display.
Russell had waited three full seasons for his first grand prix win, and when it finally arrived at Interlagos in 2022, it came with Lewis Hamilton finishing right behind him, a Mercedes result that felt overdue rather than surprising.
Sealed Resin and the W13's Petronas Livery
The W13 carried Mercedes through a difficult season by the team's own recent standards, a car that struggled with a porpoising problem tied to the new ground-effect regulations for much of the year before engineers gradually resolved it. Minichamps casts this model in sealed resin, a format well suited to the W13's smooth, tightly wrapped sidepods, and the silver-and-black Petronas livery with its dense sponsor graphics benefits from resin's tight tampo printing at 1:18, keeping small logos legible rather than smeared. There's no opening cockpit here, but on a livery this visually busy, surface print quality matters more than interactive features, and resin delivers that clearly.
A Long-Awaited Maiden Win at Interlagos
George Russell joined Mercedes for 2022 after several seasons proving his pace at Williams in a car that rarely matched his talent, and the wait for a maiden win stretched across most of that first Mercedes season before Brazil finally delivered it. The result at Interlagos carried extra weight because Hamilton finished second in the sister car, giving Mercedes its first win of a season that had otherwise gone to Red Bull and Ferrari, and giving Russell a result that validated the move from Williams. Sprint race and grand prix wins on the same weekend made it a particularly strong outing, a rare case of a driver sweeping both sessions in his breakthrough weekend.
A Milestone Entry for a Russell or Mercedes Collection
For a collection tracking driver milestones, this W13 marks a genuine turning point in Russell's career, and it sits naturally alongside his later wins as the first entry in what became a growing list.














