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Stella: McLaren outpaced by Mercedes and Ferrari… so far
© XPB Phillip van Osten
16/02/2026 at 08:1115/02/2026 at 21:22 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Establishing a pecking order based on three days of testing is often a futile exercise, but McLaren team boss Andrea Stella has nevertheless offered an educated guess on who is currently leading the charge. Following a flurry of race simulations on Thursday and Friday in Bahrain, the data has begun to whisper a story of a clear "Big Four" break-away. However, within that elite group of Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, and McLaren, the initial numbers suggest Stella’s team might be chasing the coattails of their old rivals – at least when fuel loads are high and...
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