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Hamilton hails 'fantastic' car as first test ends

Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton hailed his 'fantastic' Mercedes after wrapping up the first pre-season test with another 99 laps before lunchtime on Thursday. "It's been an incredible week of testing for us because we've done more mileage than we ever had before," the Briton told reporters at the Circuit de Catalunya before handing over to German teammate Nico Rosberg for the afternoon session. "Before we came here the team were talking about doing 800km a day and I was thinking they are crazy. I've never done that in the past...I've never had a week like this when the car has just kept going on and on and on." Hamilton did 342 laps in total, 156 of...
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