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Red Bull ahead? Merc struggling? | Brundle, Ant on F1's new pecking order
Sky Sports F1's Martin Brundle and Anthony Davidson believe Red Bull have pulled clear of Ferrari as favourites to start the 2022 Formula 1 season.
Formula 1 testing: If times are hard to read, look for a smirk at Red Bull
If you were looking for a vignette to sum up the impression left by Formula 1's final pre-season test, it felt like it came about an hour into the final day.
F1 Testing - World champion Max Verstappen sets pace to cement Red Bull as favourites
World champion Max Verstappen set the pace with a blistering lap on the final day of testing. As the afternoon session ran into the final minutes, Verstappen pushed his Red Bull to a time of 1:31.72 to cement his team as favourites going into the new season. Ad/> Red Bull took top spot in each of the day’s two sessions, with Sergio Perez ending the morning top of the pile with a time of 1:33.105, the sixth fastest of the day.
Hamilton not in optimistic mood on final day of F1 testing
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Lewis Hamilton was not feeling optimistic as the last day of Formula One preseason testing Saturday raised questions about how Mercedes will fare when the season starts next weekend.
Lewis Hamilton said his Mercedes is ‘not the quickest at the moment’ as he finished ninth in the morning session
Lewis Hamilton has given a downbeat assessment of his team’s chances as his run of pre-season testing drew to a close. Speaking after the morning session on the third and final day of testing in Bahrain, Hamilton was pessimistic ahead of next weekend’s season opener, saying his team is unlikely to compete for race wins. Ad/> George Russell will pilot the Mercedes W13 car for the afternoon session after Hamilton could only deliver the ninth fastest time of the morning, 3.112 seconds off the pace of front runner Sergio Perez in the Red Bull.
Red Bull unveiled a new sidepod design on the final day of testing in Bahrain where Sergio Perez set the pace
Sergio Perez topped the lap-time table at the end of the morning session on Day 3 of testing. The Red Bull driver finished the session with a quickest time of 1:33.105, 0.8 seconds quicker than Alfa Romeo’s Guanyu Zhou in second. Ad/> The morning session on the final day of testing concluded with a racing start between the four drivers remaining out on track.
Sculpted sidepods and a reworked floor marked a new-look Red Bull on the final day of testing in Bahrain
Red Bull unveiled a reworked sidepod design on the final day of testing in Bahrain, with the RB18 also sporting an updated floor design. Early in the morning’s session the unmistakable bangs and scrapes of bodywork being fitted could be heard outside the Red Bull garage. Ad/> An hour into the session, Sergio Perez broke the cover of the garage and unveiled a sculpted sidepod design that will look to close the gap with Mercedes’ no-pod design that caused so much controversy earlier in the week.