Nico Rosberg is adamant the time is not right for Mercedes to give up on the 2010 world championship.<\/p>\n
The Brackley based team raced a major car upgrade in Valencia last weekend, including a Red Bull-style ‘blown rear diffuser’ and exhaust layout.<\/p>\n
But it was yet another bad weekend for the team, and team boss Ross Brawn admitted he would now “reflect, assess and see what our next steps should be”.<\/p>\n
According to Rosberg, that next step should not be abandoning the W01 in order to focus completely on the 2011 car.<\/p>\n
“We still have many opportunities for development,” he said in an interview with Sport Bild.\u00a0 “Other top teams, for example, have things that we can develop quite simply.<\/p>\n
“That is what we are doing,” said the German.<\/p>\n
Michael Schumacher has admitted he is now beginning to think about next year, but the seven time world champion has less than half the points of his younger teammate.<\/p>\n
“I am absolutely against that (giving up on 2010),” answered Rosberg, who turned 25 on the day he finished 12th in Valencia.<\/p>\n
“I still believe in my chances.\u00a0 If the championship leader Hamilton fails just once and I win, I will almost be at his level,” he added.<\/p>\n
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