As for Sprint races, I think the significant schedule changes killed/postponed a lot of "regular" race weekends and left us with a bunch of "back to back" Sprint weekends. I don't think Mercedes is really worried about their poor starts, since they can easily run down anyone who gets in front of them during the race. I wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes has turned down their engines, since they don't need everything to beat everyone else (and to prevent Ferrari and everyone else from catching up.) I hate the Monaco race. With cars being slightly smaller than last year, we might see one more pass during the race...lol. I would like to see that taken off the regular race schedule...maybe have the drivers race shifter carts there? Fingers crossed it rains tomorrow for the GP. That might negate some of Mercedes' advantage.