Verstappen not at all worried about innovative design of Mercedes' W13

"We are concentrating on ourselves, I have always said that. The cars may look different, but we all still have a lot to learn about them and how they perform," Verstappen was quoted at the press conference by Formule1.nl.

Christian Horner was a lot more outspoken during the start of the test day in Bahrain. The Red Bull Racing team boss called the new Mercedes "against the spirit of the regulations". According to Horner, there were also some parts on display that might be illegal. Later Red Bull denied that Horner would have made those statements.

The real RB18 for next season was not seen on Thursday. Only on Friday or Saturday will more updates appear on the car of Verstappen and Sergio Perez. However, Helmut Marko already announced prior to the second week of testing that there are also updates from Red Bull that will only be introduced during next week's GP weekend.