"A great test day" at last for the Silver Arrows
Thursday 7 February 2013 20:10, UK
Nico Rosberg put a marathon stint in behind the wheel on Thursday as Mercedes took strides to get their testing schedule back on track.
Despite the appearance of burnt bodywork close to the car's exhausts, Rosberg reckoned there was nothing wrong with it other than a lack of front grip. "It all worked out well - no problems whatsoever. We've just been unfortunate the last two days. It's problems that could have been avoided but they've also been difficult to fix. It's unusual for relatively small problems," he said. "Today showed that we have a very reliable car. Nothing at all went wrong today on the car - not the slightest thing - so that's cool. We made progress with a new front wing today which was good, a good direction there. "I'm struggling a bit with understeer at the moment, but that's what it's about: to highlight what our problems are, tell the factory so they can get on top of things ASAP." Of his own condition at the end of the day, Rosberg added: "I had no problem whatsoever doing 150 laps, whereas in previous years it was always a little bit difficult getting into it. But now I feel like I've never stopped for the last two-and-a-half months, so that's cool. I'm really happy about the fitness level."
