Horner acknowledges: 'Doesn't look easy for the Mercedes drivers'

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff even said that Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing are currently in 'a class of their own'. Initially, Mercedes' claims were mistaken for the annual 'sandbagging', but even the competition is starting to notice that it's not all bluff poker.

Mercedes' problems don't seem to be a bluff

In Saturday's press conference, Horner admits that his rivals at Mercedes did not look so good on Friday. "If you look at their car on the track, it doesn't look easy for their drivers at the moment," he told The Race.

Nevertheless, according to Horner, one has to take into account Mercedes' ability to come back. "They have had difficult pre-seasons before and then won the first race," said the Brit. He therefore thinks it could take three or four races for the team to show its true form.