Better does not necessarily mean faster only. Better is the total som of a car‘s properties. This includes reliability. I would rather say Spa and Malaysia were off weekends for Mercedes (they never built their cars for the tight circuits like Hungary and Singapore) and races like Silverstone, Monza and today show their true form. So bringing up 2017 as a season where Hamilton would win a WDC in an inferior car is really quite ridiculous.
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