Listen to this article Much could change in the pecking order over the course of what will be a very long season, but this week we should at least get some idea of what to expect in the early races. Here are some of the key questions that could get answers in Bahrain. Are the Red Bull and Mercedes updates game-changers? Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18 Photo by: Erik Junius All teams are expected to bring new parts to the Bahrain test. The gap between the first day in Barcelona on February 23 and the start of action in Sakhir is 15 days, and it’s even longer if you track back to the earlier filming and shakedown days for the various teams. That’s a significant period in F1 winter development terms, and teams will have planned many months ago to have some parts built and ready for track use only for the second test, and not the first. In addition, anyone who has anything really novel in the works in terms of aero parts would want to hide it for as long as possible, and not show their full hand in Barcelona. It was obvious in Spain that there would be more to come from the big players, and the focus has been on what steps …