This must not be allowed to carry on any longer than it needs to. He signed autographs on the caps of guests on the Red Bull terrace afterwards. This week in Bahrain, where the Red Bull car has been ominously quick, Wolff and McLaren boss Zak Brown called for transparency. Wolff described it as ‘an issue for all of Formula One’. It is a laugh that the PR lady from Red Bull listens in. Adrian Newey, the greatest car designer in history, said hello as I took the temperature in the Red Bull team base. Judging by testing, however, Mercedes are a long way off the pace set by Red Bull – who isn’t?

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