article_snippet: Nico Rosberg has intensified Nico Rosberg preparations for the Australian Grand Prix, the curtain-raiser of the Formula One season, by taking on an ice challenge in Sweden with Mercedes.
article_snippet: The 29-year-old Rosberg, from Germany, came second to team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the driver standings last season and appears eager to go one better this time around.
article_snippet: Nico Rosberg has been taking on an ice challenge in Sweden before going to Australia for Grand Prix .
article_snippet: Nico Rosberg reveals at the end of the footage that Nico Rosberg is heading to Australia at the weekend to begin to prepare for the first race of the season on March 15. '
article_snippet: Sunday I'm off to Melbourne, so please keep your fingers crossed,' Nico Rosberg says.
article_snippet: After winter testing in Barcelona, where Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of 1 minute, 22.729 seconds, Nico Rosberg was in a buoyant mood as Nico Rosberg looked ahead to Nico Rosberg first race of 2015.
article_snippet: Nico Rosberg posted the fasted time in Barcelona of 1 minute, 22.729 seconds during winter testing .
article_snippet: Nico Rosberg believes the Mercedes car will be even better at the time of the Australian Grand Prix on March 15 . '
article_snippet: It has been a great winter for us,' Nico Rosberg said. '
highlights_snippet: Nico Rosberg has been to Sweden to prepare for the Formula One season .
  
highlights_snippet: the Formula One season starts in Melbourne, Australia on March 15 .
  
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