dans79 wrote: ↑26 Feb 2019, 14:25Drivers and teams do this all the time even during the season in free practice. they do it to see how hard they can actually push the car.
In the case of Mercedes, pushing in sector three would be the most likely one, because it has been their boogie sector for several years.
Couldn`t resist
Also its no wonder Mercedes didn`t give a monkeys about showing off the diffuser [with flo-vis] last week, they probably knew this week wasn`t televised and the car wasn`t their "real" 2019 charger...