The three-day pre-season Formula trial concluded in Bahrain on Friday, with all 10 teams and 20 drivers gaining significant experience ahead of the 24-round season.
Given that it is pre-season testing, it is difficult to determine the true hierarchy as teams keep their fuel loads and running plans confidential, but it does provide some insight.
Haas anticipates a challenging start to the season, but in an effort to better understand its modified car, it completed the most laps out of all 10 teams, totaling 439.
While there were no major reliability issues, Williams did encounter some problems and was limited to the fewest number of laps, completing 298 with the FW46.
The number of laps covered is important as it allows teams to gather more data and improve their understanding as they prepare for the upcoming season.
When it comes to lap times, it is more difficult to interpret the significance of a single fast lap during testing in relation to the actual season that begins next weekend.
Max Verstappen set the fastest time by over a second before Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc topped the charts on the following two test days.
Although Red Bull’s pace at the front seems promising ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, it is important to take Ferrari’s performance in the final two days of testing with a grain of salt.
Both Sainz and Leclerc achieved their fastest times during the test using the C4 tire, which is the second softest compound in Pirelli’s range and not part of the three-compound allocation for the Bahrain Grand Prix, where the C3 tire will be the softest option available.