Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
The real worrying fact of the season, is that the regulations seem to have only favoured Redbull. The rest of the pack are a full second out of reach of the sharp end of the grid. Which really makes one wonder. Do you smell a rat yet?

It likely has helped Red Bull a little but I think we also ought to give Honda some credit too.
When they can make such advances and get that much closer to Mercs power output, it gives Red Bull far wider aero level/tyre management options.

I don't smell a rat as such, F1 has always been this way. You could flip that and say well Merc had an unfair advantage in being able to put more resources into developing their hybrid engine than everyone else and gain a head start, that they have been able to maintain for so many years... but that's not fair either to say that, they still did an outstanding job.