Mario Isola believes that a track like Bahrain will offer plenty of competition especially with the high level of abrasion on the track surface.
With Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN now equipped with a new Ferrari Power Unit, which has shown itself to be much quicker already, the Swiss-based team will be hoping that they can once more compete at the back of the midfield like in 2019.
McLaren have signed young American driver Ugo Ugochokwu, after his great success in karting. This signing marks a new approach for McLaren where they will offer a more tailored experience instead of a conventional driver academy.
Mercedes AMG have announced a re-structuring, which involves the sportscar department and the Formula 1 department working more closely together, as well as integrating the E-sports team into factory life.
Alpine ELF MATMUT Endurance Team has unveiled its new A480 Car which will challenge for the 2021 season, after 8 years in the lower categories of endurance racing.
Corvette Racing has increased speculation around their participation in more rounds in WEC, after signing up or the changed first round at Spa with Oliver Gavin and Antonio Garcia at the wheel.
Mario Isola feels that the tyres have performed relatively well in the 3 days of the shortened pre-season test, with none of the compounds having any issues bar a bit of abrasion on the softest compound of tyres.
Nikita Mazepin has enjoyed his first experiences in the VF-21 experiencing the car in both grippy conditions and conditions without grip, the whole test has been a great learning experience for the Russian.
After having experienced his first Formula 1 pre-season test, Mick Schumacher is now eager for the season to get underway and for now waits impatiently for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Andrew Shovlin – Trackside Engineer at Mercedes is hoping for a trouble free final day of pre-season testing with the team hoping to complete a large program to ensure that they are ready for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Even though Mercedes has had limited running ahead at the pre-season tests, Lewis Hamilton is choosing to stay optimistic during this weekend’s test in Bahrain.
Valtteri Bottas topped the times during the second day of official pre-event testing.
Lando Norris feels that the next session of testing is crucial for the team.
Daniel Ricciardo is looking forward to being able to drive in the evening on the final day of pre-season testing where conditions will be more responsible of that on a race weekend.
"Overall, it’s been a positive and busy day with a good level of reliability." - James Key
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James Key feels that the team has had another solid day of testing with the team managing to complete their varied program that they set out to do.
Roy Nissany feels that the team has had a successful day, completing all of the programs that they originally set out to complete at the start of the day.
Five Hypercars, twenty-four LMP2’s, seven GTE Pro’s, twenty-four GTE Am’s and the return of the Garage 56 entry make up the grid for the 2021 edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans.
