We saw that coming, didn’t we?
As hard as Mercedes tried to take as many sandbags on board its W17 during the tests, it was still clear Toto Wolff’s team was cooking something good. Forget about lap times and one-lap performance - just the fact that Kimi Antonelli completed his first race simulation on the second day of running during the Barcelona shakedown told you enough to understand the Silver Arrows showed up to 2026 F1 prepared and armed.
