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Do F1 chiefs care enough to fix crisis?

With two teams in administration and the possibility of more to follow, F1's powers that be must act now to halt ever-spiralling costs, says JONATHAN NOBLE

If it had been unforeseen, and warning bells hadn't been ringing for months, then the troubles of Caterham and Marussia this week could have been accepted as just another chapter in the long history of teams coming and going in Formula 1.

After all, since the F1 World Championship came into being in 1950, 164 teams have participated. Only nine will be on the grid at Austin. The potential for another two to join the 153 who are now historical footnotes may not be statistically of huge importance, but because of where F1 stands right now, it matters so much more.

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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.