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Big smiles in Mercedes camp after 2016 F1 car debut

Nico Rosberg gave Mercedes' new 2016 car an early thumbs-up on Friday ahead of the first Formula 1 preseason test in Barcelona. On Silverstone's short layout, the German driver was the first at the wheel of the W07 during a 100 kilometre ‘filming day'. 'It was a good feeling to start with,' he told Britain's Sky television. 'I felt at home straight away. 'I could push as if I raced Abu Dhabi yesterday so a good beginning,' added Rosberg, whose teammate Lewis Hamilton also got a turn at the wheel. Their technical boss Paddy Lowe agreed: 'Everything has gone very well. We haven't even taken the engine cover off yet in the whole morning session which is a really good sign of the...
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