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Remember when... Mercedes' dominance started in disaster

In the run-up to the start of pre-season testing Motorsport Week brings you left-field reflections and stories of teams, drivers and reserves that will be part of the Formula 1 paddock in 2019. Mercedes has swept up in the hybrid era and enters 2019 bidding to win a sixth successive title in both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ battle, having won almost 80 of the 100 Grands Prix held in that time. It was dominant in the first three of those five years but the new era got off to a bad start on the opening day of the first pre-season test at Jerez. It was a messy start to testing as a couple of teams were absent while some others grappled with the new-for-2014 engines that were...
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