Why Ferrari might not be Mercedes' only headache

By the end of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, we should know whether Mercedes boss Toto Wolff's biggest headache is going to be Ferrari or managing his own drivers

Jonathan Noble May 9, 2019, 9:32 AM

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Ferrari's decision to fast track its Spec-2 engine for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, two races before it had been originally scheduled, shows the significance of its need to achieve a good result immediately.

While Ferrari's car has shown promise in the opening four grands prix of the season, its failure to turn that potential into wins has left it on the back foot against a stronger-than-ever Mercedes - which has nailed a record-breaking four straight one-two finishes to start its campaign in perfect fashion.

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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.

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.