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Rosberg Sure Mercedes Will Improve

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, who finished fifth in Singapore last weekend, believes there is a lot of potential in Mercedes' new exhaust package that they have introduced during the race weekend at the Marina Bay street circuit, but he knows it will take some time before they will see all the benefits.

With World Series By Renault driver Sam Bird at the wheel of  the WO3, Mercedes tested the revised side-exiting layout during the Young Driver Test at Magny-Cours two weeks ago before introducing it at the Singapore Grand Prix.

Although the initial feedback from both Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have been positive, the latter feels they will get the most out of it in the upcoming races.

"It was an exciting weekend for us as a team because we had quite a lot of new parts on the car," Rosberg said in his video blog on the Mercedes website. "It's a very complicated development that we're doing there on the aerodynamics with the exhaust gasses, pointing them in a certain direction so you get hot air on the back of the car which creates downforce so you can go faster through the corners."

"It's very difficult to direct that air in the right direction and everything so we found out it's going to take a while to really optimise it. Of course it really benefitted us, it already gave us a benefit this weekend, but it's going to take some day in the next days and weeks to really get the most out of it. So I'm quite optimistic that we can extract a lot of potential out of that. The others are a bit advanced on that already so maybe we can catch up a bit which would be good."

The upgraded Mercedes W03 did its job in Singapore on Sunday though as the 27 year old son of 1982 F1 World Champion Keke Rosberg finished fifth. It was Rosberg's best position since coming second in Monaco in May

"First time in a long time that everything really worked out for me, it was great. I had a good start with the new tyres, good strategy with the first stint. The tyre management perfect...that's what I'm quite pleased with fifth place in the end because it's a lot of points," Rosberg added.

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2025 F1 Championship Standings (as of March 23)

PDriverTeamPoints
1Lando NorrisMcLaren44
2Max VerstappenRed Bull36
3George RussellMercedes35
4Oscar PiastriMcLaren34
5Andrea AntonelliMercedes22
6Alexander AlbonWilliams16
7Esteban OconHaas10
8Lance StrollAston Martin10
9Lewis HamiltonFerrari9
10Charles LeclercFerrari8
11Nico HülkenbergKick Sauber6
12Oliver BearmanHaas4
13Yuki TsunodaRacing Bulls3
14Carlos SainzWilliams1
15Liam LawsonRed Bull0
16Gabriel BortoletoKick Sauber0
17Fernando AlonsoAston Martin0
18Pierre GaslyAlpine0
19Jack DoohanAlpine0
20Isack HadjarRacing Bulls0
PTeamPoints
1McLaren F1 Team78
         Poles: 2       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 2
2Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team57
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
3Oracle Red Bull Racing36
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
4Scuderia Ferrari HP17
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 1       GP wins: 0
5Atlassian Williams Racing17
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
6MoneyGram Haas F1 Team14
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
7Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team10
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
8Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber6
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
9Visa Cash App Racing Bulls3
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
10BWT Alpine F1 Team0
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0

2025 MotoGP Championship Standings (as of March 30)

PRiderTeamPoints
1Alex MarquezGresini Racing87
2Marc MarquezDucati Lenovo86
3Francesco BagnaiaDucati Lenovo75
4Franco MorbidelliPertamina Enduro VR4655
5Fabio Di GiannantonioPertamina Enduro VR4644
6Johann ZarcoCastrol Honda LCR25
7Ai OguraTrackhouse Racing25
8Marco BezzecchiAprilia Racing24
9Luca MariniHonda HRC Castrol20
10Brad BinderRed Bull KTM19
11Jack MillerPramac Racing19
12Pedro AcostaRed Bull KTM16
13Fabio QuartararoMonster Energy Yamaha16
14Enea BastianiniKTM Tech316
15Joan MirHonda HRC Castrol10
16Alex RinsMonster Energy Yamaha10
17Maverick ViñalesKTM Tech36
18Raul FernandezTrackhouse Racing5
19Fermin AldeguerGresini Racing3
20Augusto FernandezPramac Racing3
21Miguel OliveiraPramac Racing2
22Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia Racing1
23Somkiat ChantraIdemitsu Honda LCR0
24Jorge MartinAprilia Racing0
PTeamPoints
1Ducati Lenovo Team161
         Poles: 3       Sprint wins: 3       GP wins: 3
2Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team99
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
3BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP90
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
4Red Bull KTM Factory Racing35
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
5Honda HRC Castrol30
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
6Trackhouse MotoGP Team30
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
7Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP26
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
8Aprilia Racing25
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
9Honda LCR MotoGP25
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
10Prima Pramac Racing24
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0
11Red Bull KTM Tech322
         Poles: 0       Sprint wins: 0       GP wins: 0