Originally Posted by
Nitrodaze
We said that for Ferrari last year, look how that turned out. This is testing info which may not be indicative of the true state of affairs. Melborne is a different situation. But you are right, if Mercedes turns out to reflect their testing relative performance in inseason racing, they would coast to their seventh constructors title with ease. Hence, would be able to afford to release resources to start the work on the 2021 car earlier than their competition.
In which case the drivers title fight would essentially be between Hamilton and Bottas. But truly hope that it not so easy and straightforward.