(Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team)
Reigning world champions the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
hit the ground running on the opening day of winter test in Jerez on Sunday.
Nico Rosberg was in action for the Silver Arrows as the
German took to the track in the W06 on the day that the team publicly revealed
their 2015 challenger which they hope will help them to secure a second
successive Drivers and Constructors championship following an utterly dominate
season in 2014.
The F1 W06 Hybrid took to the circuit at 9AM local time with
Rosberg completing a series of long runs in the morning ending the session on
top of the time sheets having completed 60 laps. In the afternoon session, the
German completed 97 laps and ended the day in third place with a fastest time
of 1m 23.160s.
Speaking following the opening day of testing, Rosberg
stated:
‘That was a great start
to the winter testing. In the beginning it’s all about reliability and we
managed to do a lot of mileage today.
The guys in the factories built a
complete new car and now we come here and it’s working great, so the team did a
fantastic job over the winter. I was able to do some good long runs on the
first day and that’s really amazing.
We have such a great team and this is what
makes me really happy. As a driver, you always want to find out how quick you
are compared to the others – but that will have to wait until qualifying in
Melbourne. The next testing days are all about making sure we know the car
inside out and we’ve made a good start with that today.’
World champion Lewis Hamilton will be in the on Monday.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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