Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - W12 yayin da har yanzu yana da gasa sosai ba a fara mamaye shi kamar wanda ya gabace shi ba a gwajin kafin kakar ko kuma a 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix. Canje-canjen ƙa'idodin da aka tsara don rage ƙarfin da aka samar ta yankin bene an ce sun yi haɗari da ƙananan ƙirar rake, kamar W12, fiye da ƙirar rake mafi girma kamar na Red Bull RB16B. Masana Lawrence Barretto, Scott Mitchell, Mark Hughes da Edd Straw sun sanya Red Bull fifiko don tseren farko na shekara saboda kyakkyawan aiki fiye da Mercedes yayin gwaji. Ko da yake Verstappen ya doke motocin Mercedes na Hamilton (2nd) da Bottas (3rd) zuwa matsayi a kakar wasa ta bana
r, Hamilton ya ci nasara daga Verstappen tare da Bottas ya gama na uku. Direban Williams da mai kare Mercedes George Russell (wanda ya tuka magajin W12 W11 a Gasar Sakhir ta 2020) ya ba da shawarar cewa W12 da Williams FW43B na iya samun matsala tare da jin daɗin iska kuma zai iya bayyana gwagwarmayar Mercedes dangane da Red Bull a Bahrain.