Austria test Day 2 – Mercedes continues to dominate

Rosberg smiling at Mercedes' sheer dominance

Nico Rosberg
Monday and Tuesday were two long days waiting for better weather, so today was important as there are only four test days during the season now. Luckily, the track was consistent and we could try a lot of different things. We had a gearbox issue just before lunch but luckily it didn't really cost us any time as we could work on it during the break and the guys did a great job to get me back out there so quick, so thank you to them for that. It was an intense program but we got through everything and learned a lot. We started with was some aero work then spent time looking at tires and a few mechanical things like spring settings. We also ran a stiff setup in preparation for Silverstone, which will be useful for next week. The car felt good with that so I'm sure we will be strong at the next race. It's a very fast track and you have to drive it very hard. But that sort of content – high-speed corners needing good downforce – is a specialty of this car, so I'm feeling confident.

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