MERCEDES PICKS DRIVER FOR MAJOR DOWNGRADE

Original: Mercedes decides which driver will take major F1 downgrade at Singapore GP

Mercedes determines which of its two drivers will operate the older specification car during the Singapore Grand Prix as part of a split-specification comparison.

After Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff recently confirmed that the team would run a drastic split-specification comparison test to troubleshoot their troubled aerodynamic updates, the exact garage assignments remained a complete mystery. Now, with the paddock setting up for the highly anticipated