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A decade of living dangerously

Grand prix racing has gone through a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows during the past 10 years. All in all, however, it has been a fascinating time. Jonathan Noble reviews the past decade in Formula 1

Jonathan Noble Dec 31, 2009, 5:01 PM

So we wave goodbye to F1 in the 'noughties' - a decade in which we saw the sport come pretty much full circle.

It was 10 years in which the might of the car manufacturers came and went; the full force of a combined Ferrari and Michael Schumacher was unleashed on the sport before he headed off for what looks like having been a temporary retirement; and F1's independent teams were driven to the brink before once again regaining their strength.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.