"Don't count me in on the theory that Merc are in trouble with the car. Merc are in trouble with driver errors and strategy IMHO. Take those factors out and they would still be well in the hunt up front."

These are catastrophic and uncharacteristic fails for the Merc team , but notice they are still well and truly in the hunt up front .

Apparently , the smiling Ham went down a "radical" road in the set-up of his car , and this is what they are pointing at as a reason for the lack of pace against Max .

They look rattled , but I think that's the aim .