The pecking order is unclear after three hours of practice at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday.<\/p>\n
After a mostly wet day of running, even though the Belgian track was drying in the afternoon session, Mercedes’ Norbert Haug was asked who he thought was looking quickest so far.<\/p>\n
“Nobody knows exactly,” he told German Sky television.<\/p>\n
He said the timesheets threw up a few clues, with Red Bull “stronger than they seem” and also Force India’s Adrian Sutil apparently in the running.<\/p>\n
“Ferrari and McLaren will be good,” added Haug, confirming that Mercedes is running a modified F-duct system this weekend.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think the pecking order has really changed.\u00a0 I also don’t think we are making a great leap forward.<\/p>\n
“We think the floor is working a little better, but we’ll learn more about that on Saturday,” added Mercedes’ competition boss.<\/p>\n
Haug gave a clearer prediction about the weekend weather forecast.<\/p>\n
“I suspect Saturday will be wet as well,” said the German, just as the GP2 race on Friday afternoon was stopped due to heavy rain.<\/p>\n
Added Renault’s chief engineer Alan Permane: “It’s the same (forecast) for Sunday.”<\/p>\n
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