How deep sleep keeps Mercedes F1 on top

As the F1 community moves on from Singapore, we learn about one of the secret weapons keeping Mercedes one step ahead Last weekend saw the Mercedes AMG-Petronas Motorsport team gain valuable points in both the drivers? and constructors? championships, with Lewis Hamilton setting a blistering qualifying lap to take pole position and a race win on Sunday.

The Singapore Grand Prix is one of the most iconic races in the F1 calendar ? but the night schedule makes it especially challenging for the teams. Many of them opt to remain on a European time zone; which means eating, working and sleeping at odd hours of the day and night.

?The Singapore race is absolutely unique. It?s six or seven hours removed from the European time zone, but we stay on a night schedule ? which is theoretically similar to staying on…