Smooth day but still work for Mercedes

Friday in Mexico revolved around a duel between Lewis Hamilton et Sebastian Vettel on behalf of the reference times. Best time on medium tires in EL1, the Briton narrowly failed to obtain the fastest lap later in the evening in EL2, while the main favorites were on the same tires, namely the super-softs. , on a Hermanos Rodriguez track where the precarious grip did not make the task of the drivers and teams easy.

Nothing to worry about the star clan, well aware that potential still remains to be unlocked in the Mercedes W07 Hybrid tomorrow from the third free practice session. « It was a day solid in relation to our program for the weekend, underlines Hamilton.

Cars are obviously faster, but lap times are already quite good. The track offers a better feeling que the year latest and I feel much more comfortable in the car that I haven't been the first time we we came to this circuit, so let's hope that I can keep this on the rest weekend »

Further back (four tenths behind his teammate in EL2), Nico Rosberg, for his part, highlights the performance of the Team Ferrari, and the need for the German team to still find performance.

« We are correct learned a lot today and it was not a bad start overall but we have a lot working at do tonight, recalls the championship leader. The car behaved carefully on the tire medium but even there, nous avons kiss to make progress to understand where we can find a little performance. Ferrari appeared very fast today, they will therefore be a big threat »