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Mercedes R300 East Coast Radio Mercedes Benz has been making lovely cars for 125 years, and for the past 60, they've been turning some of them out just a few hundred kays away in East London. You may know that Merc SA manufactures the right-hand-drive C-class for the local market, ...

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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

Istanbul, Turkey, May 06, 2011

The opening practice sessions for the Turkish Grand Prix took place in contrasting conditions at Istanbul Park today. Morning rain saw the teams using Pirelli wet tyres throughout P1 before the track dried out sufficiently for slicks in P2.


• P1 gave Michael and Nico a valuable opportunity to evaluate the car on the wet tyres for the first time since winter testing
• With a dry track in P2, the team completed initial dry tyre evaluations with the hard and soft compounds
• Nico completed 43 laps and finished the day in second place, with Michael completing 39 laps in fourth position

NICO ROSBERG
“We have made a decent start to the weekend and I am optimistic for tomorrow. We had a productive afternoon and tried a lot of things with the car. I didn’t have too many problems with the tyres on the long run and I was quite surprised by the grip levels, which were higher than I expected. The wet tyres had a lot of grip this morning too. I’m happy with what we learned and expecting a very interesting time tomorrow and on Sunday.”

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
“We had quite a positive Friday, and it was especially good that we were able to test both wet and dry tyres. I hadn't really driven the wets so I am pleased I finally had some opportunity to use them. Also, my sessions were quite eventful with three spins in Turn 11. All in all, our car confirmed the performance improvement from China, so we can look forward to the rest of the weekend. We still have some questions relating to the set-up but I am confident we will sort them out tomorrow.”

ROSS BRAWN
“We had a reasonably good day and it was nice to get a lot of work done. We had a good opportunity this morning to see what the car was like in the wet conditions. It was also the first time that Michael had really driven the car in the wet, so that’s useful as the conditions this weekend could still be mixed. Then we had a nice dry session this afternoon and completed a lot of work on low and high fuel. The balance of the car isn’t there yet and there is a lot of work ahead, but the team and drivers have worked very well today.”

NORBERT HAUG
“The morning session in the wet saw Nico and Michael complete 32 laps and the lap times on wet tyres looked quite good. In dry conditions this afternoon, we ran 50 laps and worked through our planned programme. I would not read too much into today's positions in both sessions; there is more work to do for tomorrow.”





























* Official photos and report courtesy of MERCEDES GP PETRONAS *
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Istanbul, Turkey, May 06, 2011

JENSON BUTTON
- MP4-26A-04
- P1 programme: 4 laps, 2m00.666s (+21.996s), 23rd
- P2 programme: 26 laps, 1m26.456s, 1st

“I’m pretty happy with how today went. The car’s been working reasonably well – there are always things you want to improve, but we’ve made some good progress and have a lot of useful data to go through.


“Trying to get the car to ride the bumps well into Turn 12 has been difficult, but we improved it through the session. Turn 12 is really bumpy – it’s like they put a motocross jump in there!

“And Turn Eight’s quite tough too because, depending on your balance, it can damage the front and rear tyres. It’s about getting the balance right, which we concentrated on today.

“We haven’t put everything on the car that we wanted to this weekend, which is disappointing, but we still have some useful upgrades so it’s nice to keep moving forwards.”

LEWIS HAMILTON
- MP4-26A-03
- P1 programme: 1 lap, No time, 24th
- P2 programme: 22 laps, 1m27.033s (+0.577s), 3rd

“We saved tyres during this morning’s session. In the afternoon, despite the limited running in P1, we got quite a lot of our run-plan completed, which was very satisfying.

“I initially struggled a little bit with set-up, which we can look at and fix overnight, but I was really pleased with my long-run pace – I think it was probably one of the best practice long-runs I’ve ever had.

“Generally, our car has a pretty good baseline. We’re still in the fight: the most important factor this weekend is to continue with our consistency – getting on the podium is my target, and if we can win that’ll be even better!”

MARTIN WHITMARSH
Team principal, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

“This morning’s uncharacteristic heavy rain meant that we opted to conserve our supply of Wet and Intermediate Pirelli tyres by sitting out the majority of the session. With cold and unpredictable weather predicted for the remainder of the weekend, and with relatively little to learn from running on a wet track, we felt it was more prudent to save the rubber for Saturday and Sunday.

“Happily, this afternoon’s session turned out drier than we’d imagined, and we were able to pack the majority of our day’s run-programme into P2. Indeed, both drivers’ long-run pace looks extremely promising.

“Lewis and Jenson felt happy with the balance of their cars, although both said that the bumps upon entry to Turn 12 were fairly severe and unsettled the car.

“It’s too early to read anything into this afternoon’s times, but we’re happy that we’ve found a good baseline for the set-up and that we can build upon it for the rest of the weekend.”
















































* Official photos and report courtesy of VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES *

Copyright © 2011, Mercedes-Benz-Blog. All rights reserved.

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Stuttgart, Germany, May 06, 2011 - Focus Online and Bähr & Fess Forecasts have named the Mercedes-Benz B-Class, CLS, and the SLS AMG super sports car the 2015 “Residual Value Giants”. Over the next four years, these cars will suffer the smallest percentage decline in resale value within their respective vehicle classes.


In the upper mid-range segment, a four year-old CLS 350 CDI will still sell at 54 percent of its original price. The best performance in the compact van segment is achieved by the B-Class 180 CDI, which will sell at 51.5 percent of the original price. Meanwhile, enthusiasts of the SLS AMG will still be willing to pay 59 percent of the original sales price for a four year-old vehicle. Another car among the top three vehicles in this category is the SLK 350, which will still fetch 52 percent of its current sales price in four years. Other great performers in their respective classes are the C 220 CDI station wagon, with a value retention of 51 percent, the E-Class coupe (54 percent), the GLK 250 CDI (56 percent), and the E-Class convertible, whose owners will be able to sell their cars for 56.5 percent of the original price.

Three Mercedes-Benz cars were among the vehicles with the smallest drop in value, as measured in euros. The S-Class 250 CDI came in second in the luxury class segment. The E 200 CDI took the same spot in the upper midrange segment, while the SLK 350 ranked third among sports cars. Mercedes-Benz vehicles have also regularly been among the value retention champions in their respective classes in previous years.

The 2015 Residual Value Giants ranking is drawn up on the basis of calculations made by the Bähr & Fess Forecast market research institute in Saarbrücken. For many years now, the company has been regularly studying the residual value of used cars, using a broad array of data. On behalf of Focus Online, the company determined which vehicles could be expected to achieve the highest resale value, assuming they were bought new in April 2011 and resold in April 2015.


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According to Mercedes’ design director, Gorden Wagener, the Vision A concept car is identical to the production version of the new A-Class that will be launched next year. Apart from the fact the the production car will be a five door, other difference will be in changes to the window line, headlights and grille. Otherwise, [...]

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