Merc to get big boost before Bahrain

They're already one of the front-runners and now Nico Rosberg has revealed that planned updates will give Mercedes GP another boost before the season gets underway.

Rosberg admits the pacesetters are very close at the moment, but he expects Merc to get a push in the right direction before the Bahrain GP.

"It's difficult to say exactly where we are," Rosberg in Barcelona on Thursday. "I think it's very close at the front, but that could all change again for Bahrain because the update we have is such a big step."

The German completed 107 laps on the first day in Barcelona and his time of 1:22.514 was good enough for third place.

"We did a lot today, made a lot of set-up changes, and we learned how they affected the car and how the car behaves on a long run," he added.

"The only thing is that you can't really work on details in terms of set-up because the car is going to change a lot for Bahrain, so there is no point in working on the small details now to maximise the performance."

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