Martin Brundle fears the problems McLaren and Aston Martin experienced in Bahrain could last for the first half of the season.

Third and fourth respectively in the 2020 Constructors’ standings, both McLaren and Aston Martin – the latter rebranded from Racing Point – fared worse last year, dropping to fourth and seventh.

And despite the revised regulations for 2022 providing effectively a blank sheet of paper for all teams to design their new cars, the downward trend for both of these two British-based teams continued at the opening race in Bahrain.

All four of their cars qualified among the back eight on the grid and things got no better in the race, with the Aston Martin and McLaren quartet being among the last six to finish along with the Williams duo.

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