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How Ferrari became its own worst enemy

Ferrari lashed out after its Singapore defeat, but it's obvious that it only has itself to blame for the way it's losing grip on the 2018 season

While Lewis Hamilton was basking in the glory of his latest triumph last Sunday night - briefly delaying the start of his post-race media briefing to respond to a congratulatory SMS from Samuel L Jackson - at Ferrari, the disappointment was clear.

Maranello's much-criticised post-race declaration that "boredom was the biggest winner" smacked of the team being a sore loser. This was a weekend when again it had everything in its grasp to produce a thrilling fight for the win if it had got its act together, and it was outsmarted and outclassed by its main rival.

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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.