Why 'Formula Farce' won't last long

The F1 field only managed 93 laps in total on day one of 2014 testing at Jerez, compared to 657 twelve months ago. But JONATHAN NOBLE reckons that situation will soon change

Published Jan 28, 2014, 8:40 PM

Formula 1 had been bracing itself for a character-building start to testing at Jerez in Spain, but few had expected the kind of day we were eventually treated to.

The talk over the winter months had been of a reliability bloodbath in Spain; of frequent red flags and blown engines.

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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.