Crisis, caution and confidence abound ahead of final preseason Formula 1 testing in Bahrain 24 February, 2014 With only four days of track running now left until Melbourne, a clear picture is starting to emerge with defending champions Red Bull in major trouble, and the works Mercedes team leading the way. At the wheel of the Mercedes W05, Nico Rosberg ended the first week of Bahrain testing on Saturday with a stunning lap time, less than 1 second off his 2013 pole. And it emerges that the German, practicing qualifying, was using only the ‘soft' tyre, not the faster ‘super-soft' that has also been in action by other teams in Bahrain. At the same time, despite earlier signs of...
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