Mercedes still have no idea on tyres

Ross Brawn has quite comically admitted that Mercedes still have ‘no idea’ in regards to how their car will continue to treat the new Pirelli tyres.

The 2013 Mercedes has consistently proven itself to be the fastest car on the grid in Formula One this year, between Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg the W04 has started from pole position seven times during the opening ten rounds of the Formula One World Championship season.

Nico Rosberg has secured pole position three times this season, whilst Hamilton secured his first pole in China, before taking pole over the last three consecutive Grand Prix’s.

Having watched Rosberg win at both Monaco and Silverstone, Hamilton picked up his first win in Hungary and Hamilton has been tipped to make a late surge for the 2013 FIA Formula One World title.

But Mercedes insist that they still do not know where they stand in regards to how the Pirelli tyres work.

Mercedes while being consistently quick, have also struggled to look after their tyres during the race costing them points.

‘It is a strong moving target, We’ve had three specs of tyre this year – what we began the season with, what we took to the Nurburgring and what we had in Hungary.’ Mercedes Team Principal Ross Brawn said to Sky Sports.

He continued: ‘So you have to keep track and there’s no doubt that it will suit people more than others [the recent tyre spec changes].

‘Quite frankly, I still don’t have any idea whether this tyre is the one that suits us more or less than anyone else.

‘It’s certainly changed the order a little because some teams who were doing exceptionally well, like Force India, struggled with it. I’m sure they will come to terms with it, but it clearly behaves differently.

‘We’d just started to understand the original tyre at Silverstone when we had to change it again.’