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Mercedes: The W09 feels like last year's big sister

The last day of the first week of pre-season testing turned out to be the most productive day yet for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. The team managed to drive the F1 W09 EQ Power+ for a total of 600 kilometres, with both drivers running a decent amount of laps. After tricky weather conditions had compromised yesterday's programme, the team got a lot of work done today and is now looking forward to more productive testing days next week. Valtteri ran through some system check as the track dried in the morning, then moved onto dry tyres through a race stint to understand the cross-over Lewis got started on a dry program to understand the car and the tyres, fitting in work for car systems...
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