While Mercedes flexes, others stumble out of the gate at Barcelona Testing | Feb 2nd, 2026

February 2
1 hr

Episode Description

On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by ViaPlay's Nelson Valkenburg to talk about who impressed and who fell behind at F1 testing in Barcelona. 00:00 Mercedes comes out the gates strong

08:21 McLaren may develop their car later into the season

13:12 Red Bull surpassed low expectations

16:56 Ferrari raising eyebrows

21:11 How did Haas look?

24:55 Aston Martin with a rough start

35:58 Bumpy first season for Audi?

37:44 How did Alpine look?

40:00 An update from Williams

43:20 Cadillac vs Audi

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