If there is one factor history tells us not to take as gospel it is Lewis Hamilton’s until-death-us-do-part vow to remain wedded to Mercedes. Yes, he would love to sign off one day at Mercedes with an eighth world title – the perfect scenario of completeness – but loyalty, as we were saying, has its limits. Would Lewis want to go to Max’s lair to take him on? As for Ferrari, could they be relied upon to deliver any more than Mercedes? The Mercedes boss wasn’t far wrong, though his reference to Red Bull’s dominance hardly requires an irony warning.

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