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Nico Rosberg Mercedes should be better

The tests in Barcelona was Nico Rosberg several successful tests in Jerez - one day in German even led the final Protocol of the session. In an interview with reporters the official website racer Mercedes spoke about the current situation in the team and work with the machine. . .
Q: Nico, over the past few months in Mercedes, much has changed - how do you assess the situation, and what changes you have noticed personally?
Nico Rosberg: These changes will not affect the near-term, because the team responsible for the development of the machine remained the same. The effect will be visible in the future. In General you are right, a lot has happened in the past year, the results left much to be desired and we needed to change something. The Mercedes team should be the best in Formula 1!

Question: Toto Wolff is one of the new leaders of Mercedes. How tightly you had to work with him?
Nico Rosberg: Until very. Yes, sometimes we talk to each other, but now he is too busy, because only settling. Over time we will interact more actively.

Question: So, team principal Ross brown is still the one with whom you are in contact?
Nico Rosberg: Exactly.

Question: What can you say about your new car? Lewis Hamilton passed to you from McLaren, and you, in fact, the only one who can compare with last year's new machine...
Nico Rosberg: The new machine was a remarkable step forward - well managed, it has a good balance.

Question: what areas have managed to achieve significant progress?
Nico Rosberg: Remember the same back - in 2012 we had serious problems with heating up of rubber and traction loss, but they are in the past. This is an extremely important point.

Question: How shocking happened the first two days of testing in Jerez, when the team lost a lot of time due to various technical problems?
Nico Rosberg: Yes, we had some trouble, but we participate in the tests, to cope with them. I'm not worried and with great optimism thought about the speed of the machine.

Question: speaking of speed - as far as you were happy with the best results in the first day of testing in Barcelona?
Nico Rosberg: It's always nice to be first, no matter what they say.

Question: How was your day yesterday? It seems that everyone was trying to drive the maximum number of circles...
Nico Rosberg: We are making progress, and this is important. Any day that managed to complete the planned program is a great day, so for us it was the third great day in Barcelona.

Question: Ross brown said W04 cannot be called a champion of the machine, however, the team is gradually moving towards this goal. You feel the dynamics?
Nico Rosberg: Of course, but the progress is obvious, and at the team - we work faster, better, we need less time to make some changes. Perhaps the most obvious difference is that many more people working on the same task.

Question: in the Winter, there appeared an interesting video on which you are riding a bull. The audience can see it as a riposte to Red Bull Racing, as the gauntlet. However, you fell pretty quickly - the omen?
Nico Rosberg: I just learned to cope with the bull! No one skill from birth - you need to practice. The bull is very difficult to tame...

Question: Lewis Hamilton is quite hard racer, which sometimes complicates the lives of his companions. How are you going to handle this?
Nico Rosberg: We Lewes get along fine with him, know each other even with karting and since then, they remain friends. Yes, the fight will be hard, but it can affect friendship?

Question: What do you do with Lewis?
Nico Rosberg: We like to manage quick machines - more precisely, the fastest cars! And we both love to play the guitar - though I'm still just learning, but Lewis is already playing very well.

Question: Well, you friends, but it's not like you had together the vacation or the Christmas holidays...
Nico Rosberg: We stayed together in the beginning of his career in Formula 1, so you can count on it to continue.

Question: While your best result of the season is in seventh place in the individual competition. Are you ready to prove to the world that you can do more?
Nico Rosberg: Of course, intuition suggests that such an opportunity exists.

Question: You are waiting for the fourth season in a Mercedes. The first time you realize that you have a real chance of success?
Nico Rosberg: No, because I believed in the success of last year. In the winter we had a very fast car, I won the third race of the season - the Grand Prix of China, and then finished second in Monaco. The first half of the championship we had let unstable, but very strong.

Question: What do you expect from the new season?
Nico Rosberg: I want to win races and to play guitar like Keith Richards!