Nico Rosberg feels Williams will pose a greater threat than Ferrari or Red Bull to Mercede🎐s at the Austrian Grand Prix as he hunts a hat-trick of victories at Spielberg.

The Me🎐rcedes driver re-established a 24-point lead over team-mate Lewis Hamilton with victory in Baku after a run of poor results in Spain, Monaco and Canada and now heads to a circuit he's dominated at in the past two years.

Since the Spielberg circuit returned to the F1 calendar in 2014 after a ten-year hiatus - while being rebranded as the Red Bull Ring - Rosberg h🧔as claimed consecutive wins for Mercedes aꦺnd is duly targeting a hat-trick this weekend.

As well as the threat of his team-mate Hamilton, Rosberg sees the Williams duo of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas as his main threat rather th✱an Ferrari or Red Bull after the British team's recent record.

Williams claimed a front-r𒆙ow lockout in 2014 with Bottas taking his maiden F1 rostrum result, while Massa also grabbed a podium behind the Merceꦕdes pair last year.

"It'll be tough against the Williams cars in pa✅rticular, as they've pushed us hard there before," Rosberg said. "But I think our Silver Arrow is still definitely the best package on the grid and I can't wait to see what it can do in Spielberg.

"To have two wins from two races at any track is pretty special🍸, so if I could make it three in three that would be awesome."

Looking to carry his positive momentum from his fifth win of the year from B🥀aku, Rosberg puts has an extra importance on qualifying and the first turn as the foundation for 🐬a strong result with overtaking opportunities limited around the relatively short 2.684-mile circuit.

"It's a short run to the first corner there and generally my starts and first corners have been strong this season, so if I can q▨ualify well there's a good chance of a top result," he said. "I'𝔉m looking forward to the weekend."