“Did they put too much effort into dominating the end of 2016, such that they neglected to properly develop this year’s car?”

That should be “Shinzō” , not “Shinto”.

The video clip is a great indication of just how stupid these assholes are - clip #2 shows one engine type apparently beating another, but all that’s happening is one truck happens to have better traction than the other. The Chevy could have infinite torque and still get pulled around because the other truck just had…