Though Mercedes dominated the first three seasons of the new formula, winning all but a handful of the 59 Grands Prix, this season its clearly faces stiffer opposition than at any other time. However, over the course of those three magnificent seasons of domination, there were times when the German team appeared to lose the plot, the most significant example being Singapore 2015. While the German team looked to be the class of the field in FP1 yesterday, in the second session both drivers were clearly struggling. Though tyre issues are nothing new for the German team, to see Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas eighth and tenth however, both over a second off the pace, was something of a...
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