Andrea Stella, team boss of McLaren - which finished third and fourth during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia - already saw after Friday in Melbourne that Red Bull did not have the pace in terms of race pace that McLaren and Ferrari did. There was a reason for this.

In conversation with Motorsport-Total, Stella said that it is difficult to estimate per race weekend whether there will be problems with tire degradation and which team will have the most problems with tire degradation. "If you know someone who has enough expertise to explain these situations well, I would hire them without any hesitation. In Bahrain, Red Bull was the only team that could use the soft tires without any problems. However, in Bahrain you have no problems of graining. You cannot get graining in Bahrain, because the asphalt there does not provide enough grip to load the tires to the extent that there is enough pressure on the tires to cause graining."