Anyone fearing that 2015 is going to be more of a stroll for the German team than 2014 will let out a heavy sigh at the news that Mercedes only used one engine for all twelve days of pre-season testing.

Perhaps offering a small crumb of comfort to the opposition, Toto Wolff told Sky Sports: "It is maybe not really one engine because we have refreshed the engine and worked on various components".

Whatever Toto, in our eyes its one engine.

Sitting atop the Barcelona timesheets by a healthy margin, and without having to resort to the super-soft rubber, Mercedes looks invincible.

While Williams showed its hand and looks to be best of the rest, Ferrari also looking good, it’s worth noting that 2014 runner-up Red Bull also appear to have something in reserve.

Behind them, Sauber, Toro Rosso and Lotus look evenly matched, the Swiss team second to Mercedes in terms of pre-season mileage covered.

Due to the late arrival of its car, Force India remains an unknown, whilst McLaren...

Though much is made of lap times, let's not forget that 'to finish first, first you have to finish', and based on the statistical evidence - not to mention Wolff's revelation - Mercedes isn't going to be threatened any time soon.

Engine Manufacturer Test Mileage - Barcelona 2

Engine Manufacturer	Miles	Kms
Mercedes	4321.5	6954.57
Ferrari	2988.0	4808.61
Renault	2316.9	3728.65
Honda	512.0	823.93

Team Test Mileage - Barcelona 2

Team	Miles	Kms
Sauber	1576.4	2536.97
Ferrari	1411.6	2271.64
Toro Rosso	1278.5	2057.51
Williams	1110.7	1787.52
Mercedes	1093.4	1759.59
Lotus	1061.6	1708.38
Force India	1055.8	1699.07
Red Bull	1038.4	1671.14
McLaren	512.0	823.93

Driver Test Mileage - Barcelona 2

Driver	Team	Miles	Kms
Nasr	Sauber	867.8	1396.50
Vettel	Ferrari	786.8	1266.16
Rosberg	Mercedes	734.7	1182.37
Ericsson	Sauber	708.7	1140.47
Hulkenberg	Force India	679.8	1093.92
Verstappen	Toro Rosso	647.9	1042.72
Sainz	Toro Rosso	630.6	1014.79
Raikkonen	Ferrari	624.8	1005.48
Massa	Williams	593.0	954.27
Ricciardo	Red Bull	578.5	931.00
Grosjean	Lotus	552.5	889.10
Bottas	Williams	517.8	833.24
Maldonado	Lotus	509.1	819.28
Kvyat	Red Bull	459.9	740.14
Button	McLaren	399.2	642.39
Perez	Force India	376.0	605.15
Hamilton	Mercedes	358.7	577.22
Magnussen	McLaren	112.8	181.54

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1. Posted by Canuck, 02/03/2015 15:25

"Interesting stats but total mileage by manufacturer is interesting. When you consider Merc had 3 cars running while Ferrari and Renault had 2 each, the total mileage for Merc engines is less impressive. Their customers did less mileage than did Ferrari customer (Sauber) and only RD(Renault) was behind Williams (Merc) by less than 100 miles. So reliability of the PU seem to be less of an issue this year than last.

I don't remember one blown ICE during these 3 tests. Now mind you we did have cool conditions and I doubt any of the PU where dialed into MAX power at anytime to really simulate a quali session. We will know in 12 days."

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