F1’s only 2023 pre-season test is kicking off in Bahrain and we’ll finally start to get an idea of which teams have made the most progress for the second year of this ground-effects era.
Ferrari and Mercedes are the squads most likely to challenge the Red Bull operation that set the pace in 2022. They had very different types of launches earlier this month, with Ferrari exuding confidence and Mercedes already showing signs of not having made the step it needed following a disappointing campaign last year.
