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Starting from Baku, a rainbow star will take its place on the Mercedes W13 challengers to celebrate Pride Month.

June marks Pride Month, an initiative designed to show support for the LGBTQ+ community.

And the Mercedes Formula 1 team will get involved by running the ‘Mercedes-Benz Pride Star’ on the nose of the W13s driven by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

This will start at the upcoming Azerbaijan Grand Prix, continuing for the Canadian and British grands prix.

In addition, Hamilton and Russell will also wear the Pride Star on their helmets across those three races.

“As part of our Accelerate 25 programme, displaying the Pride star represents a visual expression of our commitment to creating a more diverse and inclusive team,” read a statement from the Mercedes team.

“We firmly believe that promoting a culture in which our team members can freely express their personality and identity will result in a stronger and more performant team.”

Mercedes head into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix hoping to get back on an upward trajectory, Monaco having put a stop to the momentum which had been built.

The Silver Arrows were far closer to the leading pace from Red Bull and Ferrari at the Spanish Grand Prix, but Monaco brought a return to fighting at the front of the midfield.

Russell is hopeful though that the six-tenth deficit seen in Monaco can be halved at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, held at the Baku City Circuit.

“It definitely will be more suited, but I don’t think it’s going to transform our finishing