Can Rory Byrne fix Ferrari's problems?
Rory Byrne is back in the thick of things at Ferrari, but the team's priority should be to sort out its culture rather than frantically hiring and firing
Over the Mexican Grand Prix weekend, word reached Autosport via a senior Ferrari team insider that Rory Byrne is back at Maranello on a full-time basis and hard at work on the 2017 car.
It's fair to say that we became quite excited by this tidbit of knowledge. And then we thought, "Hang on a second - haven't we been here before?"
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