Last few years they have been competitive, good drivers, but a storm of reliability issues, weird strategy calls, team orders, and driver meltdowns have been their undoing. Meanwhile, Mercedes dealt with similar issues and still manage to pull off wins (having the driver of the generation on the team doesn't hurt, mind you).

Next season is going to hinge on who is the lead driver, Seb or Charles. That needs to be spelled out in the offseason and the script needs to be stuck with.