Red Bull find themselves in a "much better position" post-testing than in previous seasons, according to the team's head of race engineering Guillaume Rocquelin.
The team completed 123 laps with Daniel Ricciardo on the final day of testing and have enjoyed similar mileage across the seven previous test days this year, which is in stark contrast to previous years where Renault's power unit often limited their on-track time.
However the French manufacturer has worked on reliability over the winter and their efforts are paying off according to Rocquelin who said the team were "happy" with what they'd achieved over the eight days.
"I think we can be satisfied with the work we’ve done during these two weeks and happy with where we’re at," he said.
"We are in a much better position at this point than we have been over the past couple of seasons. The drivers are happy with the balance of the car, we so far have good reliability and we are happy with all the systems and procedures we need to get right."
Whilst Red Bull haven't set the timing screens alight with fast laps, Rocquelin insists the pace is in the car but they've strategically chosen to focus on other areas.
"These tests have always been about figuring out everything we can about the car in order to put us in a position where we can race it in Melbourne or Bahrain or anywhere else.
"It hasn’t been about chasing lap time, which in these conditions is pointless. It’s been about building a platform we can build from and this year I think we have done that.
"I think overall the team will go to Melbourne in a good frame of mind. As for what the pecking order is, well, we’ll all find out on Saturday in Melbourne.”
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