Hamilton says he’s not sure how much he and Bottas will utilise the invention, though, as the oncoming season plays out.
“At the moment I don’t really use it a lot,” Hamilton said. “Sometimes you practice with it, sometimes you practice without it. I don’t know how much we will be using it.”
Ferrari have traditionally posed the biggest threat to Mercedes’ hopes of extending their era of dominance at the top of F1.
They face a battle to be on the front row of the grid in Melbourne, however, having been outshone by Red Bull in testing.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was the second-quickest driver in Spain, while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was edged out of the top three by Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo.
source: express.co.uk