How Red Bull won F1 2021 pre-season testing

With Formula 1 pre-season testing drawing to a close there is one clear winner in Red Bull, while title rivals Mercedes has plenty of work to do after a surprising few days. But after crunching the numbers, the full story is revealed

Alex Kalinauckas Mar 14, 2021, 11:14 PM

Upd: Mar 15, 2021, 10:59 AM

Formula 1 winter testing is over – the next time the cars take to the track in anger will be for the opening race of the new campaign. There’s not long to wait, with the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix set to take place in a fortnight.

That in itself is an intriguing possibility, as the opening round will be held on the same track where the teams have just spent three action-packed days.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.