<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Pre-Season on</title><link>https://tututuru33.win/tags/pre-season/</link><description>Recent content in Pre-Season on</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://tututuru33.win/tags/pre-season/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Bahrain pre-season test 2026 — reading the tea leaves</title><link>https://tututuru33.win/posts/winter-testing-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tututuru33.win/posts/winter-testing-2026/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Three days of testing in Bahrain. Here&amp;rsquo;s what looked real and what was sandbagging.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="mileage-leaders"&gt;Mileage leaders&lt;/h2&gt;
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 &lt;thead&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;th&gt;Team&lt;/th&gt;
 &lt;th&gt;Total laps&lt;/th&gt;
 &lt;th&gt;Issues&lt;/th&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/thead&gt;
 &lt;tbody&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;McLaren&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;467&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;None&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Red Bull&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;451&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Day 2 morning hydraulic&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Williams&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;442&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;None&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Mercedes&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;428&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Day 3 ERS issue&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Ferrari&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;407&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Day 1 power unit reliability&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Aston Martin&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;372&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Multiple software issues&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;McLaren&amp;rsquo;s reliability on a brand-new car is notable. They&amp;rsquo;ve clearly done their homework on the dyno. Aston Martin had a visibly difficult test — the new chassis kept stopping for software resets.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>