Red Bull laid down a marker as championship contenders in Formula 1 pre-season testing as rivals Mercedes struggled through the three-day programme in Bahrain. read more »

Could it be true? After seven years of Mercedes dominance, preseason testing suggests Red Bull heads to Formula One's first race as favourites to win. read more »

Max Verstappen and Red Bull may have finished pre-season testing quickest but the Dutch driver claims such a turn of pace does not mean the team is happy. read more »

Mercedes endured a troubled weekend of testing in Bahrain as reliability dramas and difficulties for both its drivers in finding a good balance left it on the back foot.By the... read more »

The promising pace and reliability that Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez showed over the three days in Bahrain was in contrast to the difficulties that Mercedes duo Lewis... read more »

Sergio Perez believes new team/driver partnerships will be playing catch up across the opening stages of the 2021 Formula 1 season owing to the relative lack of testing. Perez... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes will face the challenge of finding more pace from their new car ahead of next week's season-opening Bahrain GP head on, after F1's serial... read more »

Great news for Sergio Perez, unlike in past seasons, this year's RB16B is "also adapted" to Perez, not just Max Verstappen. read more »

Mercedes' claims that Red Bull have an advantage could be spot on with Lando Norris saying the W12 was not "as good as expected" in testing. read more »

Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen concluded Red Bull's pre-season testing programme on Sunday, with the latter setting the best time overall of the whole test. read more »

Sergio Perez believes it will take him five races until he is fully accustomed to Red Bull's 2021 F1 car. read more »

Red Bull Racing fronted Formula 1 pre-season testing in 2021 as current kings Mercedes cut a subdued figure. But should we really conclude anything from the three days in... read more »

Mercedes struggled for performance in preseason testing, but is its period of dominance really under threat? Laurence Edmondson analyses the data to find out what went wrong... read more »

Max Verstappen says F1's three-day pre-season test in Bahrain was "definitely" his best since joining Red Bull. read more »

Lewis Hamilton believed Red Bull will be a "different machine or animal" for Mercedes to have to deal with season. read more »

Setting the pace in pre-season test is no "guarantee" Red Bull will be in this year's title fight, warns Max Verstappen. read more »

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has tipped Red Bull to be a "different animal" this season after a strong pre-season test. read more »

Max Verstappen says this year's pre-season test has been his best in Formula 1 but warned it provides "no guarantees" heading into the new campaign. Verstappen... read more »

Max Verstappen has dropped several hints that Red Bull will challenge Mercedes for this year's Formula 1 titles. read more »

Even before Sunday afternoon's emphatic performance from Max Verstappen and Red Bull, world champion Lewis Hamilton was admitting that the Austrian team look to be "a... read more »

F1 Testing verdict: Red Bull finally set to take on Mercedes? read more »

Red Bull believes it has built a "really good base" for its Formula 1 title challenge this season after Max Verstappen posted the fastest time in pre-season testing. read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen set the timing boards alight, delivering the fastest lap of the entire 3 days at Aramco Pre-Season Testing. Ride onboard with the speedy... read more »

Mercedes admits it has its "work cut out" after data from F1 pre-season testing suggests it is currently slower than chief rivals Red Bull. read more »

Verstappen ended pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit with the fastest lap time, recording a best effort of 1m28.960s.The lap saw him finish 0.093s clear of... read more »