Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Day 1 Jerez test - Mercedes confirm no more testing from them today
Mercedes F1 team confirms that their first day running skip due flames burst out of the rear of Nico Rosberg's W04 earlier in the morning.
It is a terrible report for Mercedes, following the German done eleven laps. New W04 was troubled with electrical fault caused small flames on the car. Mercedes new recruit Lewis Hamilton is listed to get his first test run in the car on Wednesday.
Mercedes confirms the statement on their official twitter "After identifying the cause of the problem, we will not be running again today whilst parts are modified ready for tomorrow.”
"The part which requires modification is the wiring loom where the electrical fault originated this morning."