I think the team's calculations are based on their estimate of safety car running and wet track laps.

In Malaysia, for example, the track probably dried faster than Mercedes thought it would.

They just need to re-introduce fueled pitstops. That would make it very exciting.

WTCBU, I remember hearing that about Mercedes expecting that the rain would last longer.

Chels, yup simplest solution would be bring back refueling. Yes it may add an element of danger but belting around a track at 180mph isn't the safest pastime anyway, is it? Tell me if I'm wrong but when Massa drove away with half the fuel hose still attached to the car, that was exciting. And I do think that the 'excitement' element is somewhat lacking at the moment.

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Think the teams got fed up thinking their rivals had sabotaged the fuel rigs before the race as there seemed to be mystifying problems often.