
It's not the end of the world in F1
Is the Pirelli/DRS combination destroying F1? Not according to Jonathan Noble, who argues that China was a matter of tiny elements out of balance in a sport firmly on the right track
Chicken Licken would have had an easy time finding people to listen to him about the sky falling in on Formula 1 after the Chinese Grand Prix.

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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