F1 Fanatic

When pre-season testing started, there were concerns that Mercedes along with Mclaren were not as quick as Red Bull and Ferrari.

But after final test in Barcelona, it was clear Mercedes made progress.

Then Brawn came up with something like Schumacher will surprise people- http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/03/22/schumacher-surprise-2011-brawn/
But Schumacher went on to say that Mercedes was not as quick as in final test and will not be challenging for title and wins- http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/03/23/schumacher-mercedes-ready-fight-championship/

Then they come up more rubbish- http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90118
Now Schumacher thinks they now be the car most likely to challenge Red Bull at the front.

So whats the deal, is their car good or just Schumacher trying to keep hope of fans alive?

merc do have a problem , its called schumacher, the dirty rotten scoundrel!

It’ll be interesting to see but my guess is that Merc did improve, but have now been jumped by McLaren. If I’m wrong, I still can’t see Merc being up there with the Red Bulls.

Looks like Merc may be trying a different setup to most cars too; I’m pretty sure the commentators said the Mercs were over 10km/h faster through the speed trap than the next closest in practice 1 (correct me if I’m wrong).

If this is still the case on Sunday, with KERS and DRS, it should make them competitive overtakers.