Norbert Haug: Mercedes GP not one of the top running teams currently – Formula 1 news
Team Mercedes which was known as BrawnGP until the 2010 Formula 1 season secured the 2009 Formula 1 titles in its debut season but it seems that 2010 was extremely disappointing for the team especially since the seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael
Schumacher returned to the sport after 3 years but could not do anything impressive.
However, it is expected that they will be amongst the top running teams in the 2011 Formula 1 season but Norbert Haug thinks differently.
He recently stated that the team does not have a car which would finish in the top ten if a race was held sometime soon. This means that he believes that the team needs to work a lot more and they need to improve their car even more before the 2011 Formula
1 season begins in order to compete with the top running teams.
Nico Rosberg became the fastest driver of the 3rd pre-season test session that took place in Barcelona but Haug thinks that the team will need to step up and improve its package and they are not performing up to their expectations currently.
“We know that at the moment our car is not good enough for the top ten, but we had been hampered by having to cut holes because of temperature problems, and also Nico had been without KERS. Our plan is that with our new aerodynamics package we close much
of the gap and have the car good enough for the podium,” he told the media.
The team’s boss Ross Brawn stated shortly after the 2010 Formula 1 season came to an end that his team would compete for the titles in the 2011 Formula 1 season and they are going to aim for nothing less than the titles.
“Our goal is the same as it was a few weeks ago. With this car we want to be on the podium and, if things go well, maybe win a race,” Haug said.
Since the team has drivers like Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, one has to admit that they are definitely not going to finish below the top ten in 2011 at each race.
The only thing Team Mercedes needs to do at the moment is drag and squeeze each and every thousandth of a second out of their new car and it is just a matter of time that they will perform up to mark alongside the top running teams.
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