5 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM PRE SEASON TESTING

1. RED BULL SEEM TO BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE MERCEDES FOR THE CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP.

ALTHOUGH RED BULL USUALLY STRUGGLED IN PRE SEASON TESTING THIS YEAR MAX VERSTAPPEN TOPPED THE STANDINGS BOTH ON FRIDAY AND ON SUNDAY WITH TEAMATE SERGIO PEREZ GETTING USED TO THE CAR VERY QUICKLY. ALSO THE HONDA POWER UNIT SEEMS TO BE VERY RELIABLE AND ABLE TO POWER THE RED BULL DRIVERS TO A CHAMPIONSHIP.

2. HAMILTON AND MERCEDES AREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW CAR.

WHEN VALTERRI BOTTAS TOPPED THE TIMESHEETS ON SATURDAY EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT 2021 WOULD BE ANOTHER SEASON OF SUCCESS FOR MERCEDES. BUT THEIR DRIVER, ESPECIALLY LEWIS HAMILTON AREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THE W12 AS WITH SAW THEM SPINNING MULTIPLE TIMES AND STRUGGLING FOR PACE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

3. FERRARI ARE LOOKING BETTER THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR.

2020 WAS FERRARI'S WORST SEASON SINCE 1980 AS THE PRANCING HORSE FINISHED 6TH IN THE CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THREE PODIUMS. ALTHOUGH THEY STILL HAVEN'T RETURNED TO THE TOP STEP OF THE PODIUM THEIR CAR SEEMS TO BE BETTER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.

4. MCLAREN ARE LOOKING VERY STRONG THIS YEAR.

IN 2020 MCLAREN FINISHED 3RD IN THEIR BEST SEASON SINCE 2012. AND AFTER A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH MERCEDES AHEAD OF 2021 THEY LOOK REALLY STRONG AND CAPABLE OF BECAMING A TOP TEAM AGAIN WITH DANIEL RICCIARDO TOPPING THE STANDINGS IN THE MORNING SESSION ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

5. WILLIAMS HAVE IMPROVED COMPARED TO THEIR 2020 CAR.

2020 WAS WILLIAMS' WORST SEASON THAT SAW THEM RECORDING 0 POINTS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. BUT THIS YEAR AFTER DORILTON CAPITAL BOUGHT THE TEAM THEY SEEM TO HAVE STARTED IMPROVING THEIR CAR AS THEY HOPE TO FIND THE SUCCESS THEY FOUND IN THE 80'S AND 90'S AGAIN.