Sauber's Adrian Sutil suspects Mercedes have struck the first blow in F1 2014 and are ahead of the field after the opening test of the winter at Jerez.Already many pundits' long-term tips for success in the first year of the sport's new turbo regulation era, Mercedes impressively recovered from a Day One front-wing failure in southern Spain to both comfortably top the end-of-week mileage charts - the 309 laps they put on the mW05 nearly 300 more than World Champions Red Bull managed with the troubled Renault-powered RB10 - and complete the first race distance of the winter. And having observed the German manufacturer's progress from further along the pitlane, new Sauber recruit Sutil,...
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