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The start of the 2021 Formula 1 season is here as the Bahrai꧒n Grand Prix hosts the first race of the season.

The time for talking is finally over as💝 F1 teams take to the track competitively for the first time since Decem🐷ber’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Three days of pre-season testi🐷ng took place at the Bahrain Int🐭ernational Circuit earlier this month, so expect teams to get up to speed quickly.

Reflecting on pre-season testing, Red Bull enjoyed its best test in years as it had good reliability and a strong turn of pace. The handling of the RB16B ဣlooks assured, which has meant Max Verstappen is arguably favourite for the win this weekend.

Mercedes struggled for reliability and ill-handling, but giveꦇn it has won the last seven drivers’ 🍨and constructors’ championships in a row, only a fool would rule out the German manufacturer this weekend in Bahrain.

McLaren 🐟appears to be top of the midfield with the likes of Ferrari, Alpine, AlphaTauri and Aston Martin just behind.

Alfa Rꦐomeo looks to have closed the gap to the midfield, while Williams and Haas are set to duel it ou🐲t at the back.

For this season, practice sessions are now ♏just 60 minutes long, raꦡther than 90 minutes.

What to expect from this weekend?

Lewis Hamilton has only won the season-opening round of a season twice in his ca༺reer - 2008 and 2015, both at A💙lbert Park in Melbourne.

Valtteri Bottas h൲as started the season with victories in 2019 and 2020.

Red Bull hasn’t won the first race of a new season s🥀ince 2011 with Sebastian Vettel at the A🔜ustralian Grand Prix.

Pirelli has nominated the C2, C3 and C4 tyre cꩵompounds for this♓ weekend’s race.

Speaking ahead of the ꦺevent, Pirelli’s head of F1, Marioꦺ Isola, said: “Just four months after having two races in Bahrain, and two weeks after three days of pre-season testing, we’re back there for the first race of the 2021 season. 

“During the test we saw many teams concentrated on the compounds nominated for the grand prix, but the conditions we experienced in testing might not be entirely representative of the race. The teams also ran a very wide variety of different programmes during just the one condensed session, wh💎ereas in the past, with two test sessions, the second session was usualܫly more focussed on tyres.

“So it's hard to draw many firm conclusions. With new specifications of cars and tyres, as well as the shortest pre-season in recent memory, the competition is wide open: especially given that the trac🏅k characteristics of Bahrain have often resulted in interesting strategic battles, with a number of different tactics used.”