Rosberg hints at mid-field pace

Nico Rosberg has hinted that Williams could find themselves competing in the mid field come Melbourne despite impressive form from the team in pre-season testing.

In a slightly ambiguous comment following the third day of testing at Barcelona today Rosberg said that there would be little to choose between the competitors in the mid-field.

“It’s going to be close in the middle of the field so we’ll have to see how we do,” he said after Williams concluded their pre-season testing at Barcelona today.

“I’m now looking forward to getting to Australia. It should be a lot of fun,” he added.

As Forumula1.net reported earlier in the week, Williams’s 2008 challenger, the FW30 has been showing promising signs in testing with some talk of the team being third quickest behind Mclaren and Ferrari.

Both Rosberg and his Japanese team-mate Kazuki Nakajima have been consistently at the top end of the time-sheets making Rosberg’s hint that the team would find themselves in the mid-field even more unusual.

Indeed, the 22-year-old went third quickest on the third day of testing at Barcelona today suggesting that he may be talking down the team’s actual potential ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in early March.

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