2025 F1 testing - everything we learned

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F1 testing has finished with Mercedes’ George Russell quickest on the final day and Carlos Sainz fastest for Williams overall. But what’s the real picture?

Forget the headline laptimes. Across three days in Bahrain we spent hours trackside, analysed hundreds of laps, and spoke to all the teams and drivers - and this is what we learned.

00:00 Introduction
00:22 Red Bull is struggling
02:10 The real pacesetter
03:14 Mercedes vs Ferrari
05:23 The worst car
07:29 The most improved car
08:23 Aston hasn't done enough
09:32 Mini-DRS war revived
11:09 Stitch-up for the 'real' rookies
12:28 Weird problems for Haas

READ MORE HERE: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/everything-we-learned-from-f1-2025s-final-pre-season-test-day/

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