From a happy Hamilton to a menacing McLaren – What we learned from Day 1 of pre-season testing in Bahrain

Yesterday at 01:50 PM

Winter coats and woollen hats were required on the opening day of pre-season testing in the Bahraini desert, courtesy of unseasonably cold conditions that greeted the teams at Sakhir – but that didn't stop the teams putting stacks of mileage on their shiny new cars. Reading into the times, though, proved harder than ever.