Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes join Edd Straw to look back on the 2023 F1 season opener in Bahrain, which was dominated by Red Bull with Max Verstappen running out a convincing winner ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez. But why were Red Bull able to take such an impressive victory, and is their dominance likely to continue from here on in? The team answer those questions, as well as dissecting where Ferrari and Mercedes got it wrong and how Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin were able to make good on their testing promise.

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