Reigning world champion team Red Bull is hoping to be “at least within reach” of dominant Mercedes in the space of a month.

After controlled race victories for the German squad in Australia and Malaysia, the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg pushed each other hard in a long wheel-to-wheel battle out the front in Bahrain.

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said it was “the first time we saw their (Mercedes’) true potential”, amounting to a two second per lap advantage to the rest of the field.

He warned: “In China, Mercedes are again going to be very difficult to beat given the kilometre long straight.”

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