Why the fastest car won't be enough in F1's title fight

The mantle of 'fastest car' has swung between Mercedes and Ferrari so far in 2018, with Red Bull also joining the party on occasion. But more often than not, that hasn't translated into the expected victory for the team on top on a given weekend .

Jonathan Noble Aug 2, 2018, 10:11 AM

Upd: Aug 2, 2018, 12:57 PM

Motorsport.com's Prime content

The best content from Motorsport.com Prime, our subscription service. Subscribe here to get access to all the features.

Lewis Hamilton has often joked that his career has been defined by some advice his father gave him in karting.

"My dad always said, 'drive like you stole it' and that's what I still do today," the Mercedes driver has remarked several times.

Share Or Save This Story

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.

Jonathan has won multiple awards for journalism - in 1991 he was the winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Sir William Lyons’ Award for young journalists, in 2010 he was awarded the Outstanding Individual accolade for consumer journalism in the Haymarket wards, in 2011 he won Haymarket’s Scoop of the Year, and in 2018 he was awarded a prestigious Medaglia d’Oro at the Lorenzo Bandini Awards for his contribution to F1 journalism.