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Rosberg set an impressive 1m . 23.341 and he's on mediums. Which is effectively 1.8 faster than Grisjean who has the fastest time but is on super softs.
Comment from Autosport live.....
" 16:22 Just to quantify how good that Rosberg lap is - Pirelli says the super-soft is 1.5s-2s quicker than the medium.."
The ss is 1.5 - 2 secs faster, so the Merc is potentially 1.2 - 1.7 faster than a Merc customer.
However Lewis has confirmed that Merc are not even trying to go fast at all till the last test. so add another 1 sec for effort. Paddy has said they are not adding performance or aero updates till then, so another 2 secs compared to how others have gained.
So about 5 seconds quicker than a Merc customer, now lets assume Renault and Ferrari have not matched Merc engine gains over winter, we could bolt another second for the engine difference widening a little.
Then we need to add another 1 sec for the speed difference between Mercs drivers and the rest, thats up to 7 secs, say we were Gary Anderson we would have to round it up to 10 to get the number of words up to the invoicing limit
Merc are 10 seconds faster!!!!
So they going to keep raising hopes of everyone else just to make them cry their eyes out in Melbourne? Cool
I wouldn't say anyone else's hopes have been raised, the mood seems to be clearly that Mercedes have a dominant car.
So, to take a guess at the order, also I a guess at indicating relative pace:
Mercedes
Williams
Redbull
McLaren
Ferrari
Lotus
STR
Sauber
Force India
Caterham
Manor (if they race?)
Not sure I'd put Mclaren third, not for the first half of the season anyway.
I wouldn't say anyone else's hopes have been raised, the mood seems to be clearly that Mercedes have a dominant car.
So, to take a guess at the order, also I a guess at indicating relative pace:
Mercedes
Williams
Redbull
McLaren
Ferrari
Lotus
STR
Sauber
Force India
Caterham
Manor (if they race?)
Me thinks there's a better chance that Marussia/Manor will race than the defunct Caterham outfit
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