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Toto Wolff: It's about having a car that gives more confidence. That was what we missed last year. That was a bit unpredictable and that seems to be a small step ahead. But we have no idea about fuel loads. Yesterday Norris was on another planet. Lewis this morning, Sainz, very impressive.

But our Alex Kalinanauckas then make a good point in a follow-up question that Mercedes excelled under these cold conditions last year. Shouldn't the team show well now?

“Well, I'm a bit worried at the moment, because these should be conditions in which we should be two seconds faster than everyone else that was the only highlight in the performance of Las Vegas last year, and we are not.