According Norbert Haug, if all goes well, the silver arrows give a positive surprise this season. These statements come after some offseason workouts in Montmelo saw Nico Rosberg being the pilot fast the third day of the four was shot.
Despite these good results, Norbert Haug had stated before in testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, which if held a Grand Prix at that time, own Mercedes might not be top-ten ranked, something that surprised many, given work in the car. To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.
To vote this post connect with Facebook ConnectAfter these tests, Haug discourse has changed a bit. It is still not clearly optimistic, but explained that the team has understood much better tires these days, as well as other components of the car. This has helped them improve the final performance of the whole.
In addition, according to Auto Motor und Sport, Mercedes own the car is faster in a straight line. If this is true, this would be an important advantage for the team of Ross Brawn, especially seeing the set that was last year in terms of speed tip and therefore overtaking.