Mark Hughes: What gives McLaren such a big Bahrain advantage

It was only a little over a month ago that the Formula 1 cars were last at Sakhir for pre-season testing, but it may as well have been a year ago, so different were the conditions for Bahrain Grand Prix practice and therefore the behaviour of the cars. Or more specifically, their tyres. Grip levels and degradation rates at a track temperature of 36°C was of an entirely different order to the tests...

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