{"id":210682,"date":"2026-02-24T08:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=210682"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:42:25","slug":"george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=210682","title":{"rendered":"George Russell: Bahrain F1 test a &#8220;reality check&#8221; for Mercedes as Red Bull ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell says his squad is now on the back foot as Red Bull is the &#8220;team to beat&#8221; at the start of 2026.Mercedes was put on the pedestal before the start of pre-season testing amid rumours over its powerful new engine&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead\/10797521\/?utm_source=RSS&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&#038;utm_term=News&#038;utm_content=www\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell says his squad is now on the back foot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bhr"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead.jpg",1200,799,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead-768x511.jpg",640,426,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead-1024x682.jpg",640,426,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead.jpg",1200,799,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead.jpg",1200,799,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead-1024x682.jpg",1024,682,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/210682-george-russell-bahrain-f1-test-a-reality-check-for-mercedes-as-red-bull-ahead-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=28\" rel=\"category\">Bahrain<\/a>","tag_info":"Bahrain","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/210683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}