Sure, anything can happen in Formula 1. It’s never over until it’s over but there is also common sense and historic precedent that tends to betray whatever narrative the F1 press or teams wish you to believe. Mercedes has won both driver and constructor championships since they lobbied/threatened F1 to move toward a hybrid engine in 2014. That engine was a strong development technology the manufacturer was heavily invested in and as such, they’ve had a baked-in advantage since 2014 in terms of power, performance modes and engine mapping with their MGU-H and MGU-K systems. Mercedes has kept a 0.5-1.0s advantage over its competition for quite some time now and this weekend’s...
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