Lewis, can you sum up this week's test in Jerez?
"It was a positive test. The weather was great and stayed dry - which was the main thing because it allowed us to put plenty of miles on the car without any problems. We're starting to get a proper feel for the new car now and I think we've got a very good basis for the year ahead. Obviously, we're still working on a number of things, like KERS and understanding the slick tyres - but we've achieved everything we set out to do this week and we've got plenty of data to analyse before we come back to Jerez next month."
Do the new rules make the car feel very different from last year's?
"There is some difference: KERS makes the car feel different under braking, and we're losing some of the top-end speed that we used to have in the fast corners. But we expected that. Since I first started driving the new car, I've said it feels very similar to last year's car - and that's still the same. And I know we've got plenty of new parts coming to the car over the next few weeks that will make a huge difference to the car's overall pace."
Can you predict yet how competitive Vodafone McLaren Mercedes will be in Australia?
"I don't think any team knows yet where it's going to be in Melbourne. But I definitely think it's going to be close! Over the winter there was a lot of talk about the new rules making the grid spread out - but from what I've seen that's not going to happen. We don't know what the others were doing, but for us, this week's test wasn't about setting fast times - it was about running the car reliably, getting KERS to work and learning about the new tyres over a long run, which is very important. Now we're beginning to get a clearer idea of where we are with the car, we will start adding performance to it over the next few weeks."
