Rosberg doubting future podiums

Without denying himself future opportunities for podiums, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg certainly believes that he will struggle to get his W01 past the Renault's and the other top three teams. "It's definitely becoming more and more difficult because (based on) pure pace we're going to struggle to get a podium I think," Rosberd told 'ITV'.

"But the team is continuing to work and we are still bringing improvements," he added. "Alot of them also because we need to try and get them to work properly for next year, which is also important.

"So it helps this year and next year. But there's always still going to be opportunities: we have some great races coming up... there's tracks like Singapore where there's always going to be exciting races and a lot of things can happen. So it's still a possibility definitely."