Mercedes expects a closer championship battle in 2021 Mercedes is anticipating a more closely fought Formula 1 championship in 2021 as teams prepare for this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes’ trackside engineering director, suggests the season will ebb and flow between the seven-time world championship winning team and Red Bull. Pre-season testing, also held in Bahrain, suggested Mercedes is struggling for grip at the rear of the W12. Conversely, the Red Bull RB16B looked strong out of the gate, with Max Verstappen topping two of the three days of running. “No one up and down the paddock can pinpoint exactly where they are,” Shovlin said of testing....
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