With the season done and dusted and the holidays just around the corner, it's time for Motorsport Week's annual team-by-team review and ratings. This week we'll run through first to fifth in the championship, starting with Mercedes, before running down from sixth to tenth next week. Mercedes began 2018 with the fastest package but under renewed pressure from Ferrari – a near-repeat of 2017. Early setbacks compromised its prospects, and a rare double DNF in Austria was a blow, but as ever it learned from its low moments, continued to cultivate a culture of openness and honesty, and consequently reaped the rewards. It had the best car – for most of the campaign...
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