Oscar Piastri has declared that "all ran smoothly" in his first public test of his new McLaren while his world champion teammate Lando Norris trumpeted their opening day at Bahrain as a positive one.
Yet while no hard and fast conclusions could be made from all the F1 teams' opening sessions on the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir on Wednesday, the general buzz seemed to be that Max Verstappen's Red Bull had enjoyed the most eye-catching start on Wednesday.
Norris led the time sheets of on day one, with a best clocking of 1min 34.669sec, while Piastri reckoned he was content with his 1min 35.602sec, which left him fifth quickest on the day.
