If there is one element that a manufacturer Formula 1 team needs to be successful, it is that of focusing on the racing and not getting dragged down by corporate politics.
Multiple works team failures in past decades – from Toyota to Jaguar to BMW – all have varying elements of their operations losing their core focus amid boardroom management interference from above.
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