Pedro de la Rosa is predicting a close race to the 2013 title.<\/p>\n
Red Bull, McLaren, Lotus, Mercedes and Ferrari have all looked quite closely matched in pre-season testing.<\/p>\n
New Ferrari tester and veteran F1 driver de la Rosa said: “The championship will be decided in the last race.<\/p>\n
“The differences between the teams is minimal, and so it is the details that will make the difference,” the 42-year-old Spaniard is quoted by Speed Week.<\/p>\n
“The one who wins will have made the fewest mistakes, with a car that has been developed the best.”<\/p>\n
Ferrari’s chief designer Nicholas Tombazis agrees with de la Rosa’s assessment about “details”.<\/p>\n
“We immediately saw some small illegalities,” said the Greek engineer, undoubtedly referring to Williams and Caterham’s exhaust transgressions, and possibly the Renault engine maps story.<\/p>\n
“For the rest,” he told Autosprint, “with these rules, I don’t think we will see something like 2009 with the double diffuser.”<\/p>\n
Arguably the biggest surprises of the winter have been the apparently improved pace shown by Lotus, but particularly Mercedes.<\/p>\n
“Nico Rosberg had a great final day of testing,” said world champion Sebastian Vettel, “which shows how dangerous he and Lewis Hamilton will be.”<\/p>\n
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