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Christian Horner and Carlos Sainz are in agreement that Mercedes are downplaying their true performance in Bahrain testing. Every F1 team is currently trying to second guess where they are performance-wise compared to their rivals.

Mercedes have set the benchmark for the past decade, winning eight consecutive Constructors' Championships.

But new regulations in place for 2022 have seemingly opened up the field with both McLaren and Ferrari impressing during pre-season testing.

Alpine have also shown good speed in Bahrain while there are also good signs from Williams and AlphaTauri.

Results in F1 testing though are often taken with a pinch of salt with teams notoriously 'sandbagging' to hide their true potential.

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