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Montoya saw strategy behind Red Bull upgrade timing

Juan Pablo Montoya has applauded the timing of Red Bull's Bahrain updates, Max Verstappen's team leaving it to the last day of testing to give their rivals less time to potentially copy their design. While Mercedes arrived at the Sakhir circuit for the pre-season test with a zero-pod W13, running it on the very first day, Formula 1 had to wait for Red Bull's big update. Although it was said they'd have a significant upgrade, it wasn't until the third and final day that they debuted their new sidepods and floor. Max Verstappen set the fastest lap time by more than seven-tenths of a second over the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc. Montoya says that was the perfect upgrade strategy. Speaking to...
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