De momento os dejamos las palabras de Norbert para que las valoreis y luego a continuación veremos en comparación al año pasado si puede ser posible:
Mercedes GP can target a repeat of its strong Shanghai performance in next week's Turkish Grand Prix, providing it can once again make the most of the speed that it believes is locked away inside its W02 car.
That is the view of Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug, who thinks that what the team delivered in China - when Nico Rosberg led the race for many laps and fought for a podium finish – is achievable on a regular basis now.
However, with the team having endured mixed fortunes in the first two races of the year, Haug believes that delivering such form consistently will be down to whether the Chinese GP performance is proof the outfit now understands how to get the best out of its car.
Mercedes GP has openly admitted that part of the gains it made in Shanghai was as the result of a major get-together that team principal Ross Brawn and senior engineers had before the weekend to analyse how the season was going.
That meeting resulted in the team adopting a different approach to its race-weekend programme, and working out how to capitalise best on tyre strategy.
Speaking about the feelings on his team's start to the 2011 campaign, Haug said: "I would have been happier if China would have been the first race, obviously.
"Saying that, the China track is not a night and day difference from Malaysia. There are a lot of similarities – and straight line performance accounts for a similar amount at both tracks.
"But we now have a better understanding of the car. Ross sat together with the guys and the engineers, and we changed the approach to the weekend.
"For example, you can destroy your tyres easily on a Friday when you are on a heavy fuel load – but if you have a good balanced car then you can afford to have a heavy fuel. It has given us some confidence.
"Haug is also optimistic that the team is close to overcoming the rear wing problems that hurt its performance in the opening races of the campaign – with further tweaks due to its car for the Istanbul event.
"We had problems with the rear wing flap, but mainly we have sorted them out," he said. "We have a different system, but it is a clever system if it works - and we made it work in China.
"And compliments to the guys. I would rather have a fifth place with the speed for second or third, than a third place – although I would take it anyway – that you inherit."
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CALIFICACIONES MERCEDES GP 2010
RESULTADOS CARRERAS MERCEDES GP 2010
Como se puede ver en las gráficas del año pasado desde Australia (donde ha empezado este año la temporada), los mejores Gp's del año en Mercedes fueron precisamente los 2 pasados, tanto Malasia como China...y aunque Malasia se suele considerar un termometro válido para todo el año, en el caso de Mercedes los resultados de ambos Gp's fueron únicos y no se volvieron a repetir.Fueron sus 2 únicos pódiums de la temporada desde Australia, el 2º Gp.En todo caso se ve que entre los resultados de carrera y calificación, los de carrera fueron mucho más benevolente con la antigua Brawn Gp, ahora Mercedes Gp, dirigida por Ross Brawn, Nobert Haug y Nick Fry.
Es de suponer con todo estos datos que dificilmente la tendencia este año cambiará salvo salto importante, lo cual el año pasado no se produjo, y algo nos dice que dificilmente este año será diferente, ya que las mismas piezas forman la escuadra del año pasado, y ya se sabe: "si todas las variables del experimento permanecen constantes, es muy probable que se repita el mismo resultado.".
Pero eso sí, lo uno no quita lo otro, y si las palabras de Haug son para espolear a su equipo y animarlo, desde luego son las palabras adecuadas para su escudería en este comienzo de temporada...otra cosa diferente es que el resto de la parrilla pueda ver algo más que eso.
Suerte sr. Haug...este año más que nunca.



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