Summary 1st pre-season testing session in Jerez will offer clues as to whether any team can stop Mercedes
JEREZ, Spain: (AP) - With six weeks to go before the start of the Formula One championship, the first pre-season testing session in Jerez will offer early clues as to whether any team can stop Mercedes from crushing its rivals again.
Although last season was thrilling, that was due to the rivalry within Mercedes between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, with Hamilton sealing his second F1 title on the last day in the much-hyped double-points race in Abu Dhabi.
In the first year of the V6 turbo hybrid engines, Mercedes triumphed in 16 of 19 races and finished nearly 300 points clear in the constructors championship.
In the two months since Abu Dhabi, Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren have been frantically trying to figure out how to close the gap.
