How McLaren's past pain is a reality check for Ferrari
Ferrari is not the only frontrunning Formula 1 team to find its fortunes have suddenly taken a turn for the worse. As McLaren's recent struggles proved, a disappointing engine can be far from the sole reason for a lack of performance
Whether you think the Ferrari Formula 1 team is in a crisis or the middle of a storm after the Belgian Grand Prix probably depends on whether or not you wear a red shirt with a prancing horse on the chest.
But, if we want to put some proper context in terms of what we saw from the Maranello cars last weekend, the history books give us a pretty good indication of just how big a hole the team found itself in Spa.
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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.
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