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# Video: Why Red Bull’s rivals looked so bad in F1 2024 opener
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-video-why-red-bulls-rivals-looked-so-bad-in-2024-opener/
- Published: 2024-03-03T09:37:21.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-04T19:43:35.000Z
- Description: For all the fighting talk from Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and Aston Martin over the winter, Red Bull and Max Verstappen still ground them into dust in the first Formula 1 race of 2024. Here's why...
- Author: The Race Team
- Tags: Formula 1, #bahrain-grand-prix, #red-bull, #mercedes, #ferrari, #aston-martin, #mclaren, #video

For all the fighting talk from Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and Aston Martin over the winter, Red Bull and Max Verstappen still ground them into dust in the first Formula 1 race of 2024.

We expected Red Bull, and Verstappen in particular, to be very strong in Bahrain. And they were. But they were also made to look even better by *just* how bad their rivals were.

Our latest video explains what went wrong for Red Bull's four main 2023 rivals: