article_snippet: Now a sport that has developed an impressive aptitude for navel-gazing, especially after the procession at Melbourne a fortnight earlier when a Mercedes one-two was expected to presage a period of total Silver Arrows dominance, can rest from Silver Arrows self-loathing criticism, at least for a while.
article_snippet: The victors’ joy and the losers’ pain were equally piquant in the circumstances.
article_snippet: And the losers’ pain?
article_snippet: The team apologised for the mistake.
article_snippet: It was clear the winning streak was not going to go on forever.
article_snippet: It’s good to win in anything