Nico Rosberg has denied speculation that Mercedes has now stopped developing its 2010 car.<\/p>\n
The German was about a second off the pace in Montreal qualifying, while in the sister W01 his teammate Michael Schumacher will line up on the grid a disappointing 13th.<\/p>\n
It was reported recently that if the Brackley based team does not make rapid development progress, the entire focus would switch to next year’s car.<\/p>\n
But Rosberg told Welt am Sonntag newspaper: “That’s not true.<\/p>\n
“The development of the current car is running at full speed.”<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old insists he is still in the hunt for the 2010 world championship, even if Schumacher admitted in Canada he is “not really in a position to win it”.<\/p>\n
“It’s more about building up for next year,” said Schumacher.<\/p>\n
But Rosberg said: “There are 12 races to go and I’m 27 points behind the leader.\u00a0 There’s still everything in it.”<\/p>\n
However, he acknowledged that the W01 is “not yet capable of winning on our own”.<\/p>\n
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