Oscar Piastri and his new Formula 1 compatriot may have had a difficult first day of testing in Bahrain, but they're still the real winners during the early part of the season. F1 is in Bahrain this week for pre-season testing, as the teams' preparations for the 2025 season officially get underway.

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A power cut on the first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain halted running for over an hour as teams used torches and mobile phones to operate in near darkness in mildly chaotic scenes.