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# F1 podcast: What we made of every 2025 car from testing day one
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-podcast-2025-cars-verdict-testing-day-one/
- Published: 2025-02-26T22:56:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-26T23:35:21.000Z
- Description: Was the McLaren the most comfortable car on track? How did Lewis Hamilton fare on his first proper day of Ferrari running? And do Red Bull and Mercedes look better or worse than they did 12 months ago? The Race F1 Podcast answers those questions and more after day one of Bahrain testing
- Author: The Race Team
- Tags: Formula 1, #mclaren, #ferrari, #mercedes, #red-bull

Edd Straw is joined on The Race F1 Podcast by Jon Noble and Scott Mitchell-Malm to unpick the first day of Formula 1 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Lando Norris ended up top of the timesheet - but was the McLaren the car that looked most comfortable on track? How did Lewis Hamilton fare on his first proper day of Ferrari running? And do Red Bull and Mercedes look better or worse than they did 12 months ago?

All those questions are discussed, plus Mark Hughes reports in with his pace analysis and the panel share their thoughts on each team after watching every new machine from trackside.

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