There's nothing more perilous than taking early Formula 1 testing numbers at face value, so while McLaren keeps leading the mileage charts in Bahrain and circulates near the top of the timesheets, the team doesn't appear to be particularly ecstatic about where it is right now.
The paddock in Manama appears to be split into camps who believe Mercedes still has an ace up its Adidas-branded sleeve, and those who have put Red Bull and its Ford-backed powertrains on a pedestal, scratching their heads at how the factory team is managing to harvest electric energy so efficiently, so it can deploy more on the straights.
