The 2023 Formula 1 season is just a few days away, with the Bahrain Grand Prix kicking off a record-breaking year with 23 races deciding the outcome of the world championship.
It remains to be seen exactly how competitive each of the teams will be. Pre-season testing offered some insight, but it is only when the cars take to the Sakhir track for practice and qualifying this coming weekend that the true balance of power will begin to become apparent.
Still, many top F1 pundits and journalists feel they saw enough during testing to have a stab at how they think the teams will stack up at the Bahrain GP. And there will be little surprise about who pretty much everyone thinks is the early-season favourite.
