"Your guess is as good as mine," was Lewis Hamilton's downbeat response, a few hours after qualifying fifth, when asked how he intended to limit the damage Sebastian Vettel would inflict on him in the Singapore Grand Prix.
But there is a flip side to the damage limitation coin, which Ferrari learned to its cost in the race.
In a few moments, the combination of Vettel's so-so start in wet conditions, team-mate Kimi Raikkonen's spectacularly good one and Max Verstappen's decent launch set the top three on a collision course.