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

The Mercedes driver re-established a 24-point lead over team-mate Lewis Hamilton with victory in Baku after a runꦏ 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 ca✨lendar in 2014 aft🀅er a ten-year hiatus - while being rebranded as the Red Bull Ring - Rosberg has claimed consecutive wins for Mercedes and 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 Bott🐻as as his main threat rather than Ferrari or Red Bull after෴ the British team's recent record.

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

"It'll be tough against⭕ the Williams cars in particular, 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 wไould be a♎wesome."

Looking to carry his positive momentum from his fifth win of the year from Baku, Rosberg p♏uts 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 gen🅰erally my starts and first corners have been strong this season, so if I can qualify well there's a good chance of a top result," he said. "I'm looking forward to the weekend."