Red Bull achieves highest top speed in Bahrain, Mercedes disappoints

With this season's new cars, the rankings have also been revitalized. Not Mercedes, but Ferrari and Red Bull Racing are at the top of the timesheets this weekend. Haas and Alfa Romeo also seem to have made a leap in the right direction this year. If the top speeds are to be believed, Alpine is also in good shape this year.

In Bahrain, in fact, it was the two Red Bull and Alpine cars that found themselves at the top of the list of top speeds. Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen were fastest in the speed trap, located just before Turn 1. Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon were again shortly behind them. What is striking about the list is the low position of the Mercedes cars.

As many as seven of the eight cars at the bottom of the speed trap run with a Mercedes engine. Only Guanyu Zhou is among them with a Ferrari engine. It is therefore striking that George Russell and Lewis Hamilton lose almost ten kilometers per hour compared to Red Bull on the straight, while Ferrari is right above them.

The speed trap in qualifying for the Bahrain GP:

Red Bull Powertrains (Honda) leads the Max Speed charts at the speed trap followed by Alpine, with the two Ferrari's 11th and 12th on the chart. The "draggy" Mercedes are 15 and 17th. pic.twitter.com/zJ2SaRGhce

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