Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: W12 ichiri kukwikwidzana zvakanyanya yakanga isati yatanga kutonga seyakambotungamira kana mukuyedzwa kwepamberi pemwaka kana pa2021 Bahrain Grand Prix. Shanduko dzomutemo dzakagadzirirwa kuderedza downforce inogadzirwa nenzvimbo yepasi dzinonzi dzakakanganisa zvakagadzirwa zvakaderera zvakadai seW12, kupfuura zvakagadzirwa zvakakwirira zvakadai seRed Bull RB16B. Vaongorori Lawrence Barretto, Scott Mitchell, Mark Hughes naEdd Straw vakaita kuti Red Bull ifarire mujaho wekutanga wegore nekuda kwekuita kwakasimba kupfuura Mercedes panguva yekuyedza. Kunyange zvazvo Verstappen akakunda motokari dzeMercedes dzaHamilton (wechipiri) naBottas (wechitatu) kuti vawane nzvimbo yepamusoro mumutambo wokutanga wemwaka, Hamilton akakunda Verstappen neBottas achipedza wechitatu. Mutyairi weWilliams uye mutsigiri weMercedes George Russell (uyo akatyaira mutangiri weW12 weW11 pa
2020 Sakhir Grand Prix) akataura kuti W12 naWilliams FW43B vangave vane matambudziko nekunzwa kwemhepo uye vanogona kutsanangura kutambura kweMercedes zvine chekuita neRed Bull muBahrain.