Nico Rosberg does not feel that Mercedes will be unduly affected by missing the first test of the season.
The team will take no part in the Jerez test on February 7-10, preferring to work on the development of its new W03 machine, and the German hopes that such fine-tuning will help Mercedes competiveness when the new season starts.
"It is just the choice that they have made and I am happy with that," Rosberg told Autosport.
"It is the compromise between testing early enough and having enough time to develop. And they need to find a middle way - and they have decided that that is the best way to do it."
"With the way the factory is going now, I am confident," he added.
"This year we would not have managed to do the first race if we had run the car that late, but with the way the factory is now optimised, I am confident that we can quite happily make it happen and the car can race very soon after the first test - with just a few bits and pieces that need to be sorted out. That shows already that the team is a big improvement." - http://www.setanta.com
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