MERCEDES UPGRADE BACKFIRES, COMPLICATES CAR HANDLING

Original: Mercedes explains why its upgrade made its F1 car harder to drive

Mercedes determined that its recent upgrade made the car more difficult to drive, with the Singapore Grand Prix weekend helping clarify questions that emerged from testing at Sepang.

If Mercedes left Sepang with more questions than answers, the Singapore Grand Prix weekend finally provided the engineering team with the first real clues to unlocking their new package. Although it was a sprint weekend, the reopening of parc ferme and the decision to split configurations between th