luca wrote:Do you think Mercedes will bring some new aerodynamic component to this week's testing session or will they just keep assessing the reliability of the car?
Nope, same aero. IIRC Ross said that the second phase of the aerodynamic package will only make it's appearance at the third test. Maybe we will see one or two little things (some barge boards would be nice), but really not much.
My guess is, they will evaluate the reliability upgrades that will no doubt have been put in place since the last test. Then they will focus on kers/tyres/setup.
I'm thinking that they learned a very hard lesson last year when the W01 suddenly became competitive once again at season's end merely by fiddling with setup. So I do think (and hope) that they will pay more attention to this basic aspect of racing this time around.