On the face of it, the Austrian Grand Prix was a hammer blow for Mercedes' championship.
Not only did the team fail to score on a circuit where it had looked dominant all weekend, it showed clear weaknesses in both reliability and race strategy during a championship battle in which the smallest lip-up can result in a major swing in momentum. If Lewis Hamilton fails to win the drivers' championship in November, Mercedes will quite rightly look back at Sunday's result as one of the major turning points of its season.
And yet, Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari may also look back at the Austrian Grand Prix as a missed opportunity.