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Mercedes still in dominant form despite rare blip in testing

The usually faultless Mercedes experienced a rare blip Friday during an otherwise impressive eight days of pre-season testing that showed the car's outstanding reliability ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Over the testing, Mercedes logged a mind-boggling 1,294 laps of the 4.655-kilometre Spanish circuit encircled by rolling hills -- equivalent to nearly 20 Grand Prix distances. 'It's been an amazing two weeks for the team,' Hamilton said. 'The guys have done an amazing job to get the car to where it is especially given the fact we've done more mileage in pre-season than we've ever done before.' The blip itself was small enough not to cause any concern at...
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