Nico Rosberg: Mercedes has been focusing on the 2020 season for a long time

Mercedes Benz is after the race for Hungarian GP in early August he managed to win again. However, he was in Sochi once again Classic Ferrari for sale the one who had a faster race car. Team is after a summer break as reborn. “At the moment, Ferrari has, on average, the fastest race car, no matter which track”Explained the former Mercedes racer Nico Rosberg. "Who would have thought that would happen? Just a few months ago, Mercedes was light years ahead of them and the rest of the teams. Ferrari was on no man’s land and we were all disappointed by it. And now they're here again,”So the world champion of the year 2016.

Did Mercedes consciously decide that Ferrari would approach him after the summer break so that they could calmly prepare for the 2020 season behind the scenes? - Photo: Hasan Bratic

The German believes they are Ferrari the latest improvements have certainly helped as well. Team is for your race car SF90 found much of the vacuum that had been theirs before Achilles heel - without increasing the air resistance too much. But he has Rosberg yet another theory of why it is Ferrari managed to patch the hole up Mercedesa. What’s more, they even turned the matter in their favor. The former champion explain to the team Formula 1 usually as early as the start of the season around 10 percent resources to use for next year’s race car. “With each race, teams shift more and more resources to next season's race car,”Issued Rosberg and add: "And because Mercedes was so dominant in the first half of the season and had such a point advantage, they may have decided very early on to shift a lot of resources to the new race car to have a certain advantage there."

After the summer break, Ferrari's SF90 racing car is reborn and fast on all tracks, even in slower corners - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Mercedes Benz got it this season the first eight races and won from it six double wins. Because of this, they created themselves by the summer big hole to the pursuers. “But this certainly affected their development. Sometimes, before the summer break, you transfer about 80 percent of your resources to the development of a new car, and then only 20 percent remain for the current one,”He explained Rosberg. “Maybe Mercedes chose such an extreme route. Ferrari, on the other hand, brought this big package of improvements to Singapore. Otherwise, they claim, this is the last major improvement this year. But that would still be one more than at Mercedes. Maybe that’s the reason for their progress." Numbers they only support this his theory.

A double victory in the race in Singapore proves that Ferrari has made a big step forward with the latest improvements - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Mercedes has only managed to win the last six races two wins. And in both cases it was very tight. On Hungary je Hamilton managed to win thanks exceptional strategy, V Russia however, they benefited from the resignation Vettel and a virtual safety car. Besides Mercedes Benz he has not won the best starting place in five races. But Rosberg remarks that this possible decision Mercedesa there is no error. “At the moment, there is no indication that Mercedes would decide too early to focus entirely on the 2020 season car, as they still have a huge point advantage. I have a hard time believing we could lose one of the titles,He added Rosberg.

According to Rosberg, Mercedes has been preparing for the 2020 season for a long time, as their point advantage is very large. Lewis Hamilton practically already has a hand in the cup for the sixth racing title, as well as the team - Photo: Hasan Bratić

He has in the racing championship Lewis Hamilton five races before the end of the season 107 points advantages over a non-team racer Mercedes Benz. The current champion could even miss the next four races and make it to the final race in Abu Dhabi still traveled as a leading racer. A similar picture is also in design championship, where he has Mercedes Benz it was Ferrari 162 points jump.           

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