"That was an incredible effort by the team and I'm really happy"

"That was an incredible effort by the team and I'm really happy with our day's work. The night shift crew recognised a strange sound from the engine while working on it during the night so we had to change it, which took a good few hours and meant we missed out on running for most of the morning. In the end I managed to do over 100 laps, so this was a very useful final day of testing for me and I learned a lot in the process. The only problem was the conditions, with a lot of wind and blowing sand at some corners meaning that suddenly you could have almost no grip which was a bit difficult to manage. Overall I can be really happy about my testing programme, so a big thanks to everyone in the team both here and back at the two factories for the remarkable job they've done. As is the case for everybody, we still have a few reliability problems that definitely need to be sorted out before Australia, but in general I think the winter tests have been better than expected. After some work in the simulator next week I will fly to Melbourne on Friday, and I can't wait to be back in the car again", says Nico. 

Nico finaliza os testes de inverno mais feliz e satisfeito do que nunca com o carro. A Mercedes é uma das equipes que se mostrou mais consistente nessa pré temporada e pode ser muito  forte na primeira fase do campeonato. Finalmente março está aí e mais duas semanas e vamos ver tudo isso na pista para valer. 

By Lu