Nico Rosberg has said that he still thinks Mercedes need to improve in several area’s despite setting the fastest time of the Barcelona test earlier today.
Rosberg’s time was nearly eight tenths quicker than the benchmark set by Williams’ Felipe Massa which suggests Mercedes are the team to beat once again.
Despite a difficult start to the day, playing with set-up configurations, the soft-tyre run was positive however admitted that the team still needed to improve with only two days of testing remaining before the season opener in Australia which takes place in a fortnight’s time
”Today was a difficult day to start with but ended on a positive. During the early runs, even though the numbers looked like they were in the right place with the setup, it was actually very far away from where it needed to be, which was unusual and caught us off guard a little bit.
”But eventually, towards the end especially, it was feeling more and more decent. Then, putting the soft tyres on, that gives you the grip anyway so it doesn’t really matter what the balance is – more or less it will be possible to do a good lap. I’m pleased with my two laps at the end – I nailed them pretty well and they were both identical, so a good ending to the day.”
Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton will be back in the W06 on Saturday.
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