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Y-3 Partners with Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team for a Groundbreaking Collaborative Collection

17 March 2026
8 Min Read

For over two decades Y-3 has operated at the threshold where avant-garde design and boundary pushing performance sportswear meet. Now, it turns to the race track to pursue a new frontier.

Having first unveiled select pieces from the collaboration during the label’s Fall/Winter 2026 Paris Fashion Week performance, Y-3 and Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team return to present the full collection.

Revealed through a campaign featuring drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, as well as Team Principal and CEO Toto Wolff, the collection is soaked in the dramatic chiaroscuro of vivid racing lights, with motorsport’s implicit instincts at their core. A feat only possible through Y-3’s category defying approach, the striking visuals depict Russell, Antonelli, and Wolff in a completely new dimension – an intergenerational exchange that transports them defiantly into the world of avant-garde aesthetics. Set during the transition from sunset to night, the campaign captures racing at its most visceral. Here, warm fading light gives way to an artificial glow, echoing sparks from brakes and fleeting flashes across the track. In each image motion becomes stillness, intensity begets clarity of mind, and contrasting energies ignite the pursuit of excellence.

Rooted in Japanese mythology, the collection itself centers on a Wolf graphic motif – considered a guardian in the animal kingdom and symbolizing speed, instinct, and bravery. Originally introduced as an artwork which adorned adidas’ beloved F50 Tunit football cleats in 2006, the Wolf beast returns on team and fanwear as an homage to the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team drivers and their leader.

Further uniting motorsport and style, the fanwear selection also features a graphic print that draws on the evocative sight of smoke billowing from the team’s race cars in order to capture the energy of the track .

Tailored by Y-3 and crafted in collaboration with both adidas and the Formula One giant, the collection is set to be endorsed in a landmark moment by the entire Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1Team at the Japanese Grand Prix, on the legendary Suzuka circuit. As the start line comes into focus and the story unfurls, further details will be unveiled.

Two worlds.

A groundbreaking union of cultural forces in fashion and Formula One.

A shared obsession with detail and performance.

The Y-3 and Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team capsule arrives on March 19th.