ESPNF1 Staff
July 29, 2011
Michael Schumacher: "The practice sessions today went pretty much according to our expectations" © Sutton Images
Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher believe there is still plenty of work to do before they start challenging the top three teams in qualifying.
Significant upgrades to the Mercedes' exhaust over the past two races heralded a new sense of optimism at the team, but after finishing Friday's practice session at the Hungaroring seventh and eighth both drivers admitted there was still some work to do.
"We had two decent sessions and the short and the long runs on the supersofts were reasonable," Rosberg said. "However there is still a lot of work to do to improve our package for qualifying and look at how to manage the tyre degradation. It's interesting to see how the top six positions are changing from race to race, and we'll keep pushing to get even closer to, and maybe into, that group."
Schumacher revealed that the team has not had enough time to make any big changes to the car since the last grand prix in Germany a week ago.
"Coming to the second race of a back-to-back series means that you are not able to do a great deal to the car between the two weekends so the practice sessions today went pretty much according to our expectations," he said. "We do have the developments from the last couple of races to work with but they obviously do not mean we can make up some positions. We will certainly try to make the best of what we have in our hands for qualifying tomorrow and the race on Sunday."
Credit: ESPN F1 (en.espnf1.com)
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