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Podcast: Nailing The Apex with Tim Hauraney
Episode: While Mercedes flexes, others stumble out of the gate at Barcelona Testing | Feb 2nd, 2026
Description: On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by ViaPlay's Nelson Valkenburg to talk about who impressed and who fell behind at F1 testing in Barcelona.
00:00 Mercedes comes out the gates strong
08:21 McLaren may develop their car later into the season
13:12 Red Bull surpassed low expectations
16:56 Ferrari raising eyebrows
21:11 How did Haas look?
24:55 Aston Martin with a rough start
35:58 Bumpy first season for Audi?
37:44 How did Alpine look?
40:00 An update from Williams
43:20 Cadillac vs Audi
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