“Nico (Rosberg) has felt a little better in the car (than Schumacher) in his test days,” said Brawn in recent days, echoing the comments of Schumacher's long-time manager Willi Weber – who was replaced by Sabine Kehm in that position a few days ago – who revealed that his former client doesn't like his car's tendency to understeer.
However, this is not a fresh problem for the cars built at Brackley, as the predecessor of the W01, the Brawn BGP01, had the same problem throughout the course of last season. However, the racing styles of both Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello made it easier for the car to be controlled at performing levels during the races.
Schumacher's brother Ralf also admitted that his brother is working hard to get comfortable with the car, which is why Rosberg will probably have the upper hand in the early stages of the season.
“I've heard that Nico is getting along with the car perhaps a little better than my brother. But Michael is working. He does not like understeering cars, unlike some other drivers, such as Button, for example, who worked with the team last year,” admitted Schumacher in an interview with Germany's Bild newspaper.
Despite this fact, the lap times recorded by both Schumacher and Rosberg during testing reveal that the two teammates are quite close in performance, with the 41-year old German actually having the edge over his compatriot after the Barcelona test.
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