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All 10 Formula 1 teams being on track together for the first time for the opening day of pre-season testing gave us a lot to pour over.

From the first long-run comparisons of 2025 to trackside impressions of all 10 cars, here are nine key things we learned from day one in Bahrain.

00:00 introduction
00:05 How the top teams compare
02:04 What Red Bull’s really up to
03:42 How Hamilton’s first real Ferrari test started
05:42 Lawson’s instant impact
07:15 Caveated optimism for Mercedes’ new era
08:35 How all 10 teams look from trackside
10:55 No more testing nightmares for Alpine
12:27 What’s Haas up to?
13:43 A bizarre interruption

READ MORE HERE: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-2025-testing-day-one-nine-things-we-learned/

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