Mercedes has brought forward some updates for the W06 ahead of the British Grand Prix this weekend.

The team has been introducing new parts throughout the season so far, an approach which has seen it maintain a gap to the chasing pack. Following a successful in-season test in Austria last week, executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe says Mercedes will advance some upgrades at Silverstone.

"As a circuit, Silverstone has several quite different characteristics to those we've visited recently," Lowe said. "It's a track that is a good test of aerodynamics, rewards good downforce and is not at all demanding on the brakes - so a stark contrast to Canada and Austria in particular.

"In theory this should play to the strengths of the W06 - but of course we take nothing for granted. We've been preparing thoroughly for this race as always, with a few aerodynamic updates set to feature and a few things to be brought forward from the Austria test.

"It's a big weekend for Lewis [Hamilton] in front of his home crowd and also a venue where Nico [Rosberg] has been very strong in the past, so fingers crossed we can put on a good show for the fans."

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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