Toto Wolff says it is too soon to say Mercedes is still ahead of the field in 2017.<\/p>\n
After the first of just two pre-season tests, the conventional wisdom is that Mercedes leads, Ferrari is close behind, and Red Bull is the third force.<\/p>\n
But Mercedes team boss Wolff said: “Since we have these new rules, the teams are just trying to get a lot of mileage to know their cars.<\/p>\n
“At Red Bull, we probably haven’t seen the car that will be in Melbourne. But Ferrari is really fast,” he admitted to Osterreich newspaper.<\/p>\n
McLaren chief Eric Boullier admits that a pecking order is not possible to assess after four days of running, but he said Ferrari’s pace has been “surprising”.<\/p>\n
“We did not expect to see them on the pace with the Mercedes. Red Bull seems a little behind, but we do not have all of the information to judge,” he is quoted by France’s Auto Hebdo.<\/p>\n
“We may know a little more next week, but we really have to wait until Australia.”<\/p>\n
Boullier may be surprised with what he saw in Barcelona, but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen seemed calm.<\/p>\n
“Actually, nothing surprised me here,” he is quoted by Het Laatste Nieuws. “And I think everything is still within reach for us.”<\/p>\n
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