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Auto Motor Und Sport - There was hope in the chasing pack that Red Bull's dominance in Bahrain was just an exception. But in Jeddah, Aston Martin, Mercedes and Aston Martin found that the RB19 is driving everywhere in another world. The slap was even more resounding.

At the start of the season, Red Bull's opponents received their first nasty slap in the face. After 57 laps, Aston Martin was 38.6 seconds behind, Ferrari 48.0 seconds and Mercedes 50.9 seconds.

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Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez had to slow down significantly in the last stint to make ends meet. Red Bull's only opponent at the moment is technology.

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The circuit in Bahrain occupies an exceptional position on the calendar. Nowhere else is the asphalt so rough, nowhere else do you brake and accelerate so hard. This is the greatest possible torture for the tyres.

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This fueled the hopes of the competition that Bahrain was emphasizing Red Bull's strengths and their own weaknesses, and that Jeddah would return to normal on the fluid layout and smooth tarmac.

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The picture in the qualifying is a bit distorted. After the drive shaft defect in Q2, Verstappen was only a spectator. With that, the true potential of the wonder car over a lap on soft tires remained a matter of speculation.

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Sergio Perez's pole position lap was 0.065 seconds faster than last year. Mercedes undercut its time last year by 0.436 seconds. This shows that Red Bull did not return to their normal form on Saturday.

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The hard currency are the race laps. Jeddah offered a perfect comparison here. After the safety car phase, the race started afresh for everyone. Everyone was in a hurry for some reason. Almost everyone was on hard tires. The result was devastating.

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Only Aston Martin gives some hope. Because Fernando Alonso, like Max Verstappen, went for the extra point of the fastest lap on the very last lap. And it was only 0.334 seconds slower.

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In qualifying, Red Bull was beaten slightly below value. Verstappen failed with a technical defect, Perez only drove one lap in Q3.

Red Bull took so much time from their opponents in 30 laps that at full racing distance everyone from Alpine onwards would have been lapped.

In some cases, the absolute deficit does not sound all that dramatic. But if you count it per turn, it's one world.

Aston Martin separated 20.7 seconds from the winner at the finish. That makes a delta of 0.69 seconds per lap. Mercedes finished 25.8 seconds behind Perez.

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This was 0.86 seconds missing per lap. After that it gets embarrassing. Ferrari is already losing 1.19 seconds per lap to Red Bull, 35.8 seconds behind. Jeddah showed Red Bull's former pursuers that even Aston Martin is out of their reach at the moment.

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Alpine actually wanted to reduce the gap to the top. In fact, he's gotten bigger. The increase to Bahrain throws dust in the eyes of many in the team. The team is isolated in fifth place.

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Ocon was flagged down 52.8 seconds back on Perez. This corresponds to a time loss of 1.76 seconds per lap. The distance is greater than ever.

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The second part of the field is over two seconds per lap behind. Haas has already lost 2.16 seconds, Alpha Tauri 2.25 seconds and McLaren 2.83 seconds. Even if Oscar Piastri held out from the second lap on with a set of hard tires until the end and thus had a worse starting...

[....] position than his colleagues, that doesn't hide the fact that McLaren has a massive problem to solve. It will be difficult for them to get back to the top of the midfield. As difficult as winning a race for Ferrari and Mercedes.

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Read the full story with lap time analysis here in German auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/f1-re…