Original sentence: Mercedes-Benz went back to racing in 1933; the company’s management was most poised to conquer was the AVUS Race; that event, to be held on 21 May in the German capital, was to be attended by high government dignitaries and would be a great opportunity to demonstrate Mercedes' technical prowess.The following year Merz would again shine at that event, completing the race in second place.This tour de force, his amusing ability to hammer nails through wood with his bare hands, together with his attempt to rescue Franz Ferdinand fourteen years earlier, forged the imagery of Metz the colossus, as he became known
Edited sentence: Mercedes-Benz went back to racing in 1933; the company’s management wanted to win the AVUS Race; that event, to be held on 21 May in the German capital, was to be attended by high government dignitaries and would be a great opportunity to demonstrate Mercedes' technical prowess.The following year Merz completed the race in second place.This tour de force, his amusing ability to hammer nails through wood with his bare hands, together with his reported attempt to rescue Franz Ferdinand fourteen years earlier, forged the imagery of Metz the colossus, as he became known