I think the Formula 1 world was a bit shocked in Singapore. How could the dominant Mercedes team drop the ball so badly?
Was it just circuit-specific, was it because of the temperature, was it the number of slow-speed corners or was it just that even Mercedes is only human and can get it wrong just as easily as anyone else?
For me the big question is: was it that everyone else got the set-up in Singapore right and Mercedes got it wrong, or could there have been another reason?
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