It's too easy to look at Lewis Hamilton's march towards a likely fifth Formula 1 world championship and consider it as simply the result of Ferrari's failures.
The consensus at the moment is that Sebastian Vettel had a car that was more than capable of fighting for the title but, through driver errors, team management and strategy stumbles, he and Ferrari blew it.
But to focus on Ferrari's failing as the cause of its title hunt collapse would be a big mistake. Just as important in the 2018 F1 battle is how Mercedes recovered from its own poor spell to emerge in its best shape.
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