LEWIS HAMILTON, LANDO NORRIS and the rest don’t need to tell me about the sinking feeling that comes with discovering you’re lumbered with a dog of a car. I’ve been there more than once when driving a hire car out of an airport parking lot.
With deadlines beckoning and press conferences to attend at the track, there’s no time to go back to the rental desk and complain. Coping with a juddering clutch or spongy brakes for the rest of a weekend may be a minor inconvenience compared to struggling with a fundamentally flawed Formula 1 car for
