Did Ferrari make a genuine breakthrough in Singapore?

SINGAPORE -- Ferrari has secured pole position and victory at all three races since Formula One returned from its summer break. If the world championship had been zeroed ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix at the start of this month, Ferrari would lead Mercedes by 20 points in the constructors' standings and Charles Leclerc would lead Lewis Hamilton by 22 points in the drivers'.

Of course, that stat is of little consequence for the actual 2019 world championship, in which Hamilton extended his lead to a mammoth 65 points in Singapore and Mercedes is still cruising to an early constructors' victory with a comfortable 133-point advantage over Ferrari.

But could the last three races be a sign of a…