Christian Horner insists Red Bull will not be giving up their Formula One world titles without a fight after witnessing Mercedes grind them into Bahrain's desert sand.

For the second successive week Lewis Hamilton spearheaded a Mercedes one-two, and although he and Nico Rosberg were thoroughly dominant, F1 put on a riveting show under the lights of the Bahrain International Circuit.

The gap to their rivals, however, was eye-watering as third-placed Sergio Perez finished 23 seconds adrift of Rosberg, yet that would have been at least a minute but for a safety car from lap 41 that bunched up the field.