Video: ten takeaways we learned from 2023 Formula 1 testing in Bahrain. 10 things we learned from F1 2023 pre-season testing.

A clear favourite and a team that looks like it might really burst out of the midfield are the headline takeaways from three days of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain. Inevitably, we don’t have all the answers we’d like, but just like the teams we have learned an awful lot from our time camped at the Sakhir circuit. From pecking order hints to unpicking some of the less representative runnings, here are the of The Race journalists’ takeaways from the 2023 Formula One pre-season testing session:

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